Florida Senate - 2023                                     SB 140
       
       
        
       By Senator Rodriguez
       
       
       
       
       
       40-00109-23                                            2023140__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to fees; amending s. 491.017, F.S.;
    3         authorizing member states of the Professional
    4         Counselors Licensure Compact to charge individuals a
    5         fee for the privilege to practice under the compact;
    6         providing an effective date.
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    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Present subsections (3), (4), and (5) of Article
   11  III of section 491.017, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
   12  subsections (4), (5), and (6), respectively, and a new
   13  subsection (3) is added to Article III of that section, to read:
   14         491.017 Professional Counselors Licensure Compact.—The
   15  Professional Counselors Licensure Compact is hereby enacted and
   16  entered into by this state with all other jurisdictions legally
   17  joining therein in the form substantially as follows:
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   19                             ARTICLE III                           
   20                         STATE PARTICIPATION                       
   21         (3) A member state may charge a fee for granting the
   22  privilege to practice.
   23         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023.