Florida Senate - 2024                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 592
       
       
       
       
       
       
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             02/28/2024 05:49 PM       .                                
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       Senator Burgess moved the following:
       
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    4         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    5  and insert:
    6         Section 1. Section 267.0724, Florida Statutes, is created
    7  to read:
    8         267.0724 Florida African American Heritage Preservation
    9  Network.—As authorized by and consistent with funding
   10  appropriated in the General Appropriations Act, the Department
   11  of State shall contract, in accordance with the duties of the
   12  division under s. 267.071, with the Florida African American
   13  Heritage Preservation Network, a nonprofit organization exempt
   14  from taxation pursuant to s. 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue
   15  Code, to preserve Florida black and African American history and
   16  culture. The Florida African American Heritage Preservation
   17  Network shall submit a list of member museums to the department,
   18  and the department shall independently verify that such museums
   19  are members of the Florida African American Heritage
   20  Preservation Network. Functions to be provided by the Florida
   21  African American Heritage Preservation Network under the
   22  contract shall include, but are not limited to, all of the
   23  following:
   24         (1) Distribution of funding to support member museums and
   25  their affiliates and institutions served, and the galleries and
   26  archives of such museums, affiliates, and institutions.
   27         (2) Support to member museums and their affiliates in the
   28  areas of technology, equipment acquisition, content and exhibit
   29  development, fabrication, and installation, and preservation of
   30  documents and artifacts.
   31         (3) Provision of professional and resource development
   32  services to member museums and their affiliates to enhance
   33  visitation to and viewership of Florida black and African
   34  American history museums, places, and spaces. Such professional
   35  and resource development services shall include conferences,
   36  workshops, and training and tourism and marketing expenditures.
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   38  Other expenses as determined by the Florida African American
   39  Heritage Preservation Network and related to the network’s
   40  mission are eligible for funding under the contract, including
   41  intern expenses, expenses related to field training sessions and
   42  virtual communication methods to maintain connectivity among the
   43  museums, traveling exhibit expenses, and expenses for living
   44  history presentations.
   45         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
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   47  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   48  And the title is amended as follows:
   49         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   50  and insert:
   51                        A bill to be entitled                      
   52         An act relating to the Florida African American
   53         Heritage Preservation Network; creating s. 267.0724,
   54         F.S.; requiring the Department of State to contract
   55         with the Florida African American Heritage
   56         Preservation Network for a specified purpose;
   57         requiring the network to submit a list of member
   58         museums to the department; requiring the department to
   59         independently verify that such museums are members of
   60         the network; specifying functions that must be
   61         provided under the contract; providing that certain
   62         expenses are eligible for funding under the contract;
   63         providing an effective date.