Florida Senate - 2020                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 646
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/18/2020           .                                
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       The Committee on Innovation, Industry, and Technology (Bracy)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 132 - 134
    4  and insert:
    5         (3) STUDENT ATHLETE REVENUE SHARING.—At the conclusion of
    6  each school year, each Florida College System institution and
    7  state university shall distribute equally to all student
    8  athletes a total amount equal to 10 percent of revenue earned
    9  from ticket sales to all athletic events.
   10         (4) REGULATIONS AND RULES.—The Board of Governors and the
   11  State Board of Education shall adopt regulations and rules,
   12  respectively, to implement this section.
   13         Section 2. (1) The Chancellor of the Florida College System
   14  shall convene a College System Athlete Name, Image, and Likeness
   15  Task Force, a task force as defined in s. 20.03(8), Florida
   16  Statutes. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the task
   17  force shall operate in a manner consistent with s. 20.052,
   18  Florida Statutes. The members must be appointed as follows:
   19         (a) The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
   20  House of Representatives shall each appoint one member.
   21         (b) The Chancellor of the Florida College System shall
   22  appoint the following members:
   23         1. Two members who are Florida College System institution
   24  students who participate in intercollegiate athletics.
   25         2. One member who is a Florida College System institution
   26  athletic administrator.
   27         3. One member who is a Florida College System institution
   28  athletic coach.
   29         4. One member who is a Florida College System student
   30  government association representative.
   31         5. Two members who are students who participate in
   32  intercollegiate athletics.
   33         6. One member of his or her choosing.
   34         (c) The president of the Florida College System Activities
   35  Association shall appoint one member.
   36  
   37  All appointments to the task force shall be completed on or
   38  before December 1, 2020.
   39         (2) The task force shall meet at least twice and elect a
   40  chair and a vice chair. A quorum consists of a majority of the
   41  group’s members. The task force shall:
   42         (a) Review existing Florida College System Activities
   43  Association bylaws, state and federal laws, and national
   44  athletic association bylaws regarding the use of a Florida
   45  College System institution student’s name, image, and likeness
   46  for compensation if he or she participates in intercollegiate
   47  athletics.
   48         (b) On or before December 1, 2021, submit a report
   49  containing its findings and policy recommendations to the
   50  President of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
   51  Representatives, the Chancellor of the Florida College System,
   52  and the Florida College System Activities Association.
   53         (3) Upon submission of the report required pursuant to
   54  paragraph (2)(b), the task force shall expire.
   55  
   56  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   57  And the title is amended as follows:
   58         Delete lines 36 - 38
   59  and insert:
   60         beyond a specified timeframe; requiring the
   61         remuneration of student athletes from a percentage of
   62         athletic event ticket sales; requiring the Board of
   63         Governors and the State Board of Education to adopt
   64         regulations and rules, respectively; requiring the
   65         Chancellor of the Florida College System to convene a
   66         College System Athlete Name, Image, and Likeness Task
   67         Force composed of certain members and appointed by
   68         certain officials; requiring the task force to meet at
   69         least twice and elect a chair and a vice chair;
   70         requiring the task force to review certain bylaws and
   71         state and federal laws regarding the use of a student
   72         athlete’s name, image, or likeness for compensation;
   73         requiring the task force to submit a report containing
   74         findings and policy recommendations to the President
   75         of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of
   76         Representatives, the Chancellor of the Florida College
   77         System, and the Florida College System Activities
   78         Association; providing for the expiration of the task
   79         force upon submission of the report; amending s.