Florida Senate - 2024                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 1666
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  02/22/2024           .                                
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       The Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
       (Burgess) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Before line 58
    4  insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 265.8021, Florida Statutes, is created
    6  to read:
    7         265.8021 Florida Veterans’ History Program.—
    8         (1) As used in this section, the term “veteran” has the
    9  same meaning as in s. 1.01(14).
   10         (2) There is created the Florida Veterans’ History Program
   11  within the Division of Arts and Culture of the Department of
   12  State as a Florida Folklife Program to collect and preserve the
   13  stories and experiences of Florida’s veterans and the State of
   14  Florida’s military contributions throughout the nation’s
   15  history. The division may request assistance with the program
   16  from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.
   17         (3) In order to collect and preserve the stories and
   18  experiences of Florida’s veterans and the State of Florida’s
   19  military contributions throughout the nation’s history, the
   20  division’s folklorists shall seek out and identify those
   21  veterans who are willing to share their experiences. The
   22  division or a folklorist may interview veterans or invite
   23  veterans to submit written or electronic accounts of their
   24  experiences for inclusion in the program.
   25         (4) As provided in s. 265.802, the division may contract
   26  with a third-party vendor to fulfill its responsibilities under
   27  subsection (3).
   28         (5) The division may adopt rules to implement the program.
   29         Section 2. For the 2024-2025 fiscal year, the sum of
   30  $91,207 in recurring funds from the General Revenue Fund is
   31  appropriated to the Division of Arts and Culture of the
   32  Department of State, and one full-time equivalent position with
   33  associated salary rate of 68,771 is authorized, to implement and
   34  administer the Florida Veterans’ History Program as created by
   35  this act.
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   37  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   38  And the title is amended as follows:
   39         Delete line 2
   40  and insert:
   41         An act relating to veterans; creating s. 265.8021,
   42         F.S.; defining the term “veteran”; creating the
   43         Florida Veterans’ History Program within the Division
   44         of Arts and Culture of the Department of State as a
   45         Florida Folklife Program; providing the program’s
   46         purpose; authorizing the division to request
   47         assistance from the Department of Veterans’ Affairs;
   48         requiring the division’s folklorists to seek out and
   49         identify certain veterans; authorizing the division or
   50         a folklorist to interview such veterans or invite them
   51         to submit written or electronic accounts of their
   52         experiences; authorizing the division to contract with
   53         a third-party vendor for a specified purpose;
   54         authorizing the division to adopt rules; providing an
   55         appropriation and authorizing a position; amending s.
   56         295.21, F.S.;