Florida Senate - 2009                                    SB 1210
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Agriculture
       
       
       
       
       575-01960-09                                          20091210__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to a review of the Department of
    3         Citrus under the Florida Government Accountability
    4         Act; reenacting ss. 20.29, 601.04, and 601.05, F.S.,
    5         relating to the Department of Citrus and the Florida
    6         Citrus Commission; repealing s. 601.154, F.S.,
    7         relating to the Citrus Stabilization Act of Florida;
    8         providing an effective date.
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   10         WHEREAS, ss. 11.901-11.920, Florida Statutes, the Florida
   11  Government Accountability Act, subjects the Department of Citrus
   12  and its respective advisory committees to a sunset review
   13  process in order to determine whether the agency should be
   14  retained, modified, or abolished, and
   15         WHEREAS, the Department of Citrus produced a report
   16  providing specific information, as enumerated in s. 11.906,
   17  Florida Statutes, and
   18         WHEREAS, upon receipt of the report, the Joint Legislative
   19  Sunset Committee and committees of the Senate and the House of
   20  Representatives assigned to act as sunset review committees
   21  reviewed the report and requested studies by the Office of
   22  Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability, and
   23         WHEREAS, based on the department's report, studies of the
   24  Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability,
   25  and public input, the Joint Legislative Sunset Committee and
   26  legislative sunset review committees made recommendations on the
   27  abolition, continuation, or reorganization of the Department of
   28  Citrus and its advisory committees; on the need for the
   29  functions performed by the agency and its advisory committees;
   30  and on the consolidation, transfer, or reorganization of
   31  programs within the Department of Citrus, NOW, THEREFORE,
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   33  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   35         Section 1. Sections 20.29, 601.04, and 601.05, Florida
   36  Statutes, are reenacted.
   37         Section 2. Section 601.154, Florida Statutes, is repealed.
   38         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.