Florida Senate - 2015                                    SB 1114
       
       
        
       By Senator Stargel
       
       
       
       
       
       15-00733-15                                           20151114__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to membership associations that
    3         receive public funds; creating s. 617.221, F.S.;
    4         requiring a membership association that receives more
    5         than a specified percentage of its budget from public
    6         funds to file a report with the Legislature; requiring
    7         that such report provide specified information;
    8         prohibiting a membership association whose membership
    9         dues are paid for by public funds from expending such
   10         funds on litigation against the state; providing an
   11         effective date.
   12          
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   14  
   15         Section 1. Section 617.221, Florida Statutes, is created to
   16  read:
   17         617.221 Restrictions on membership associations that
   18  receive public funds.—
   19         (1) A membership association that receives more than 25
   20  percent of its budget from public funds shall file a report with
   21  the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
   22  Representatives by January 1 of each year. The report must
   23  provide:
   24         (a) The name and address of the membership association and
   25  any parent association, or a state, national, or international
   26  association with which it is affiliated.
   27         (b) The names, titles, telephone numbers, and addresses of
   28  the principal officers and all representatives of the
   29  association.
   30         (c) The amount of the initiation fee, if any, and the
   31  amount of the annual dues that each member must pay.
   32         (d) The current annual financial statement of the
   33  association.
   34         (e) A copy of the current constitution and bylaws of the
   35  association.
   36         (f) The assets and liabilities at the beginning and end of
   37  the fiscal year.
   38         (g) The salary, allowances, and other direct or indirect
   39  disbursements, including reimbursed expenses, to each officer
   40  and to each employee who, during such fiscal year, received more
   41  than $10,000 in the aggregate from the association or any parent
   42  or affiliated association.
   43         (h) The annual dollar amount of the following benefit
   44  packages paid to each of the principal officers of the
   45  association, including:
   46         1. Health, major medical, vision, dental, or life
   47  insurance.
   48         2. Retirement plans.
   49         3. Automobile allowances.
   50         (i) Separately, the amount of annual dues per member sent
   51  from the association to each state, national, or international
   52  affiliate.
   53         (2) Any membership association whose membership dues are
   54  paid for by public funds may not expend such funds on litigation
   55  against the state.
   56         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.