Florida Senate - 2019                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 7024
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/28/2019           .                                
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       The Committee on Appropriations (Montford) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 20.2551, Florida
    6  Statutes, is amended to read:
    7         20.2551 Citizen support organizations; use of property;
    8  audit; public records; partnerships.—
    9         (6) REPORT REPEAL.—By December 1, 2019, the department
   10  shall submit a report to the President of the Senate and the
   11  Speaker of the House of Representatives which examines the
   12  financial transparency, accountability, and ethics of its
   13  citizen support organizations. The report must:
   14         (a) Include audits for the most recent 3 fiscal years for
   15  its citizen support organizations that are subject to audit
   16  requirements under s. 215.981. An audit conducted after March 1,
   17  2019, must be conducted in accordance with government auditing
   18  standards.
   19         (b) Demonstrate that its citizen support organizations
   20  within the Florida Coastal Office, as of November 1, 2018, are
   21  in compliance with ss. 20.058 and 20.2551.
   22         (c) Identify any citizen support organizations under
   23  paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) which are not in compliance with
   24  ss. 20.058 and 20.2551 and describe whether the department has
   25  terminated a contract with such organization.
   26         (d) Demonstrate how the contracts between the department
   27  and its citizen support organizations have been revised to
   28  comply with all relevant provisions of law This section is
   29  repealed October 1, 2019, unless reviewed and saved from repeal
   30  by the Legislature.
   31         Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 258.015, Florida
   32  Statutes, is amended to read:
   33         258.015 Citizen support organizations; use of property;
   34  audit.—
   35         (4) REPEAL.—This section is repealed October 1, 2019,
   36  unless reviewed and saved from repeal by the Legislature.
   37         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.
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   39  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   40  And the title is amended as follows:
   41         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   42  and insert:
   43                        A bill to be entitled                      
   44         An act relating to the Department of Environmental
   45  Protection citizen support organizations; amending s. 20.2551,
   46  F.S.; requiring the department to submit a report to the
   47  Legislature by a specified date; providing requirements for the
   48  report; abrogating the scheduled repeal of provisions governing
   49  citizen support organizations established under the department;
   50  amending s. 258.015, F.S.; abrogating the scheduled repeal of
   51  provisions governing citizen support organizations established
   52  under the department for the benefit of the state park system;
   53  providing an effective date.