Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 214
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  03/31/2014           .                                
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       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 79 - 82
    4  and insert:
    5         (5) As used in this section, the term “direct-support
    6  organization” means a Florida not-for-profit corporation
    7  incorporated under chapter 617, Florida Statutes, and organized
    8  and operated to conduct programs and activities; initiate
    9  developmental projects; raise funds; request and receive grants,
   10  gifts, and bequests of moneys; acquire, receive, hold, invest,
   11  and administer, in its own name, securities, funds, objects of
   12  value, or other property, real or personal; and make
   13  expenditures to or for the direct or indirect benefit of the
   14  commission.
   15         (6)(a) The commission is authorized to organize and
   16  incorporate a direct-support organization pursuant to the
   17  requirements of this section and chapter 617, Florida Statutes.
   18         (b) The board of the direct-support organization shall
   19  consist of the members of the commission.
   20         (c) The direct-support organization is subject to the
   21  provisions of ss. 119.07 and 286.011, Florida Statutes, and
   22  s.24, Article I of the State Constitution.
   23         (d) Any administrative costs of running and promoting the
   24  purposes of the corporation must be paid by private funds.
   25         (7) The direct-support organization shall operate under
   26  written contract with the commission. The contract must provide
   27  for:
   28         (a) Approval by the commission of the articles of
   29  incorporation and bylaws of the direct-support organization.
   30         (b) Submission of an annual budget for the approval of the
   31  commission. The budget must comply with rules adopted by the
   32  commission.
   33         (c) Certification by the commission that the direct-support
   34  organization is complying with the terms of the contract and in
   35  a manner consistent with the goals and purposes of the
   36  commission and in the best interest of the state. Such
   37  certification must be made annually and reported in the official
   38  minutes of a meeting of the commission.
   39         (d) Reversion to the commission, or to the state if the
   40  commission ceases to exist, of moneys and property held in trust
   41  by the direct-support organization if the direct-support
   42  organization is no longer approved to operate for the commission
   43  or the commission ceases to exist.
   44         (e) A fiscal year for the direct-support organization
   45  beginning on July 1 of each year and ending on June 30 of the
   46  following year.
   47         (f) The disclosure of material provisions of the contract
   48  and the distinction between the board of directors and the
   49  direct-support organization to donors of gifts, contributions,
   50  or bequests, as well as on all promotional and fundraising
   51  publications.
   52         (8) The purposes and goals of the direct-support
   53  organization must be consistent with priority issues and
   54  objectives of the commission and must be in the best interests
   55  of the state.
   56         (9) Funds designated for the direct-support organization
   57  must be used for the enhancement of programs and projects of the
   58  commission. All moneys received by the organization must be
   59  deposited into an account of the organization and must be used
   60  by the organization in a manner consistent with the purposes and
   61  goals of the commission.
   62         (10) The direct-support organization shall comply with the
   63  audit requirements of s. 215.981.
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   66  And the title is amended as follows:
   67         Delete lines 11 - 13
   68  and insert:
   69         expenses for commission members; defining the term
   70         “direct-support organization”; authorizing the
   71         commission to create a direct-support organization;
   72         providing purposes and objectives; providing for
   73         members of the board of the direct-support
   74         organization; providing that the direct-support
   75         organization is subject to public records and meetings
   76         requirements; requiring expenses of the direct-support
   77         organization to be paid by private funds; requiring
   78         the direct-support organization to operate under a
   79         written contract with the commission; specifying
   80         contract requirements; providing guidelines for the
   81         use of the funds; requiring the direct-support
   82         organization to comply with audit requirements;
   83         providing an