Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 716
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  01/22/2024           .                                
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       The Committee on Governmental Oversight and Accountability
       (Rodriguez) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 34 - 79
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 2. Section 267.0744, Florida Statutes, is created
    6  to read:
    7         267.0744 Florida Women's Historical Marker Initiative.—
    8         (1) The Florida Women's Historical Marker Initiative is
    9  established within the division. The purpose of the initiative
   10  is to recognize the contributions of 100 women, living or
   11  deceased, to the history of this state with the placement of
   12  historical markers by the Florida Historical Marker Program.
   13         (2) The Florida Historical Marker Program shall place 100
   14  historical markers, recognizing one woman for each marker,
   15  throughout the state within the next 10 years, with 10 markers
   16  placed each year. The first 10 markers must be placed by
   17  December 31, 2025. The final marker must be placed by December
   18  31, 2034.
   19         (3)(a) The Women's Historical Marker Selection Committee,
   20  an advisory committee as defined in s. 20.03(5), F.S., is
   21  created within the division. The purpose of the committee is to
   22  provide guidance and recommendations to the Secretary of State
   23  regarding the women who should be recognized by the initiative.
   24         (b) The committee must recommend at least 25 women for
   25  recognition each fiscal year.
   26         (c) From the women recommended by the committee, the
   27  Secretary of State shall select 100 women to be recognized under
   28  this initiative.
   29         (4)(a) The committee shall be composed of 11 members
   30  appointed by the Secretary of State. The committee shall consist
   31  of:
   32         1. Two noted Florida historians.
   33         2. One member of the Florida Commission on the Status of
   34  Women.
   35         3. One member of the Division of Historical Resources.
   36         4. One member of the State Historical Marker Council.
   37         5. Six members of the general public.
   38         (b) The members shall be appointed for 2-year terms, except
   39  for an appointment to fill an unexpired term, in which event the
   40  appointments shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term
   41  only. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the
   42  committee shall operate in a manner consistent with s. 20.052.
   43         (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of s. 20.03 limiting the
   44  duration of a committee to three years, the committee shall
   45  expire no later than June 30, 2028, or 30 days after the
   46  Secretary of State has selected 100 women under this section.
   47         (d) In recommending women to be recognized by the
   48  initiative, the committee shall conduct its own research and
   49  solicit input from the general public.
   50         (5)(a) For a woman to be recommended by the Women’s
   51  Historical Marker Committee, she must have been born in ,
   52  resided in, or been employed in this state and must have
   53  significantly contributed to the State of Florida, her county,
   54  or her specific community.
   55         (b) A woman recognized for a specific contribution or
   56  achievement may be living, but such contribution or achievement
   57  must have occurred more than 30 years before such recognition. A
   58  woman may be recognized for her lifetime achievement, but such
   59  woman must have been deceased for at least 30 years before such
   60  recognition.
   61         (c) At least one woman from each of the state’s 67 counties
   62  must be recognized.
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   65  And the title is amended as follows:
   66         Delete line 4
   67  and insert:
   68         creating s. 267.0744, F.S.; establishing the Florida
   69         Women's Historical Marker