Bill Text: FL S7024 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2019 SB 7024 By the Committee on Environment and Natural Resources 592-02365-19 20197024__ 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 that contracts between the 5 department and a citizen support organization include 6 a specified provision; requiring the department to 7 submit a report to the Legislature by a specified 8 date; providing requirements for the report; 9 abrogating the scheduled repeal of provisions 10 governing citizen support organizations established 11 under the department; amending s. 258.015, F.S.; 12 abrogating the scheduled repeal of provisions 13 governing citizen support organizations established 14 under the department for the benefit of the state park 15 system; providing an effective date. 16 17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 18 19 Section 1. Present subsections (4), (5), and (6) of section 20 20.2551, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as subsections (5), 21 (6) and (7), respectively, a new subsection (4) is added to that 22 section, and present subsection (6) is amended, to read: 23 20.2551 Citizen support organizations; use of property; 24 audit; public records; partnerships.— 25 (4) REVERSION OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding s. 20.058(4), a 26 contract between the department and a citizen support 27 organization must include a provision that requires any state 28 funds held in trust by the organization to be transferred to 29 another citizen support organization under the department or 30 revert to the state if the authorizing statute for a citizen 31 support organization is repealed, the contract is terminated, or 32 the organization is dissolved. 33 (7)(6)REPORTREPEAL.—By December 1, 2019, the department 34 shall submit a report to the President of the Senate and the 35 Speaker of the House of Representatives which examines the 36 financial transparency, accountability, and ethics of its 37 citizen support organizations. The report must: 38 (a) Include audits for the most recent 3 fiscal years for 39 its citizen support organizations that are subject to audit 40 requirements under s. 215.981. An audit conducted after March 1, 41 2019, must be conducted in accordance with government auditing 42 standards. 43 (b) Demonstrate that its citizen support organizations 44 within the Florida Coastal Office, as of November 1, 2018, are 45 in compliance with ss. 20.058 and 20.2551. 46 (c) Identify any citizen support organizations under 47 paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) which are not in compliance with 48 ss. 20.058 and 20.2551 and describe whether the department has 49 terminated a contract with such organization.This section is50repealed October 1, 2019, unless reviewed and saved from repeal51by the Legislature.52 Section 2. Subsection (4) of section 258.015, Florida 53 Statutes, is amended to read: 54 258.015 Citizen support organizations; use of property; 55 audit.— 56(4)REPEAL.—This section is repealed October 1, 2019,57unless reviewed and saved from repeal by the Legislature.58 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.