Bill Text: FL S7068 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Dept. of State/Fl. Government Accountability Act

Spectrum: Unknown

Status: (N/A - Dead) 2010-02-17 - Submit as committee bill by Ethics and Elections (SB 2216) [S7068 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-S7068-Introduced.html

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Florida Senate - 2010         (PROPOSED COMMITTEE BILL) SPB 7068 
 
FOR CONSIDERATION By the Committee on Ethics and Elections 
582-01437-10                                          20107068__ 
1                        A bill to be entitled 
2         An act relating to a review of the Department of State 
3         under the Florida Government Accountability Act; 
4         reenacting s. 20.10(2)(a), F.S., relating to the 
5         Division of Elections within the department; providing 
6         an effective date. 
7 
8         WHEREAS, ss. 11.901-11.920, F.S., Florida Statutes, the 
9  Florida Government Accountability Act, subjects the Division of 
10  Elections within the Department of State to a sunset review 
11  process in order to determine whether the agency should be 
12  retained, modified, or abolished, and 
13         WHEREAS, the Department of State produced a report 
14  providing specific information, as enumerated in s. 11.906, 
15  Florida Statutes, and 
16         WHEREAS, upon receipt of the report, the Joint Legislative 
17  Sunset Committee and committees of the Senate and the House of 
18  Representatives assigned to act as sunset review committees 
19  reviewed the report, and 
20         WHEREAS, based on the report and public input, the 
21  legislative sunset review committees made recommendations on the 
22  abolition, continuation, or reorganization of the Division of 
23  Elections within the Department of State; on the need for the 
24  functions performed by this division; and on the consolidation, 
25  transfer, or reorganization of programs within the Department of 
26  State under review, NOW, THEREFORE, 
27 
28  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 
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30         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 
31  20.10, Florida Statutes, is reenacted. 
32         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.