Bill Text: FL S7024 | 2019 | Regular Session | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Department of Environmental Protection Citizen Support Organizations
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Failed) 2019-05-03 - Died in Messages, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 1121 (Ch. 2019-93) [S7024 Detail]
Download: Florida-2019-S7024-Comm_Sub.html
Florida Senate - 2019 CS for SB 7024 By the Committees on Appropriations; and Environment and Natural Resources 576-03545-19 20197024c1 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to the Department of Environmental 3 Protection citizen support organizations; amending s. 4 20.2551, F.S.; requiring the department to submit a 5 report to the Legislature by a specified date; 6 providing requirements for the report; abrogating the 7 scheduled repeal of provisions governing citizen 8 support organizations established under the 9 department; amending s. 258.015, F.S.; abrogating the 10 scheduled repeal of provisions governing citizen 11 support organizations established under the department 12 for the benefit of the state park system; providing an 13 effective date. 14 15 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 16 17 Section 1. Subsection (6) of section 20.2551, Florida 18 Statutes, is amended to read: 19 20.2551 Citizen support organizations; use of property; 20 audit; public records; partnerships.— 21 (6) REPORTREPEAL.—By December 1, 2019, the department 22 shall submit a report to the President of the Senate and the 23 Speaker of the House of Representatives which examines the 24 financial transparency, accountability, and ethics of its 25 citizen support organizations. The report must: 26 (a) Include audits for the most recent 3 fiscal years for 27 its citizen support organizations that are subject to audit 28 requirements under s. 215.981. An audit conducted after March 1, 29 2019, must be conducted in accordance with government auditing 30 standards. 31 (b) Demonstrate that its citizen support organizations 32 within the Florida Coastal Office, as of November 1, 2018, are 33 in compliance with ss. 20.058 and 20.2551. 34 (c) Identify any citizen support organizations under 35 paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) which are not in compliance with 36 ss. 20.058 and 20.2551 and describe whether the department has 37 terminated a contract with such organization. 38 (d) Demonstrate how the contracts between the department 39 and its citizen support organizations have been revised to 40 comply with all relevant provisions of lawThis section is41repealed October 1, 2019, unless reviewed and saved from repeal42by the Legislature. 43 Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 258.015, Florida 44 Statutes, is amended to read: 45 258.015 Citizen support organizations; use of property; 46 audit.— 47(4) REPEAL.—This section is repealed October 1, 2019,48unless reviewed and saved from repeal by the Legislature.49 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.