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Florida Senate - 2019                                Committee       Amendment
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The Committee on Appropriations (Hutson) recommended the following 
amendment:

Section: 06              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 301             Deletes proviso language for the prohibition on 
                         VISIT Florida from expending funds on any local 
Spec App: 2328           government that prohibits the use of certain 
                         sunscreens. Also deletes proviso language requiring 
                         VISIT Florida to expend $1 million to develop an 
                         advertising campaign to raise tourists' awareness of 
                         environmental impacts.

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                               Positions & Amount   Positions & Amount
                                                     DELETE         INSERT

        ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY, DEPARTMENT OF
        Program: Strategic Business Development
        Strategic Business Development  40400100

        In Section 06  On Page 301
2328    Special Categories  105705
        Grants And Aids - Visit Florida  IOEB

Following Specific Appropriation 2328, DELETE:

Funds  in  Specific  Appropriation  2328  may  not  be distributed to or
expended  to  benefit any local government that has enacted an ordinance
prohibiting  the  sale  or  use  of  sunscreens containing oxybenzone or
octinoxate.

From   the   funds   in   Specific  Appropriation  2328,  $1,000,000  in
nonrecurring   funds   from   the  Tourism  Promotional  Trust  Fund  is
appropriated  for  VISIT  FLORIDA  to develop an advertising campaign to
educate  visitors  to Florida about the environmental impacts of plastic
and polystyrene foam materials on Florida's beaches, wildlife, and water
quality.



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