Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1746
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/08/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Ingoglia) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete line 377
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 5. (1) For an application for renewal of
    6  registration as an employee organization filed pursuant to s.
    7  447.305(2), Florida Statutes, between July 1, 2023, and the
    8  effective date of this act, an employee organization may submit
    9  a current annual financial statement containing the information
   10  required by s. 447.305(2), Florida Statutes, prepared by an
   11  independent certified accountant licensed under chapter 473,
   12  Florida Statutes, and signed by the employee organization’s
   13  president and treasurer or corresponding principal officers in
   14  lieu of an annual audited financial statement certified by an
   15  independent certified public account licensed under chapter 473,
   16  Florida Statutes.
   17         (2) For applications of renewal of registration of employee
   18  organizations filed pursuant to s. 447.305, Florida Statutes,
   19  between July 1, 2023, and the effective date of this act, the
   20  Public Employees Relations Commission may not deny the renewal
   21  or revoke the registration of an employee organization based
   22  solely upon the employee organization’s failure to submit a
   23  current annual audited financial statement certified by an
   24  independent certified public accountant licensed under chapter
   25  473, Florida Statutes.
   26         Section 6. This act shall take effect upon becoming law.
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   29  And the title is amended as follows:
   30         Delete line 31
   31  and insert:
   32         provisions to changes made by the act; providing
   33         transitional provisions regarding the renewal of
   34         registration of employee organizations during a
   35         specified timeframe; prohibiting the commission from
   36         taking certain action on a renewal application;
   37         providing an