Florida 2022 Regular Session

Florida House Bill H1015 Compare Versions

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14	14	A bill to be entitled 1
15	15	An act relating to the Architect Education Minority 2
16	16	Assistance Program; creating s. 481.2095, F.S.; 3
17	17	creating the program within the Department of Business 4
18	18	and Professional Regulation; providing a purpose for 5
19	19	the program; requiring the Architect Education 6
20	20	Minority Assistance Advisory Council to assist the 7
21	21	Board of Architecture and Interior Design with 8
22	22	administering the program; providing funding 9
23	23	requirements for scholarships provided under the 10
24	24	program; requiring that funds be deposited into a 11
25	25	specified account in the Professional Regulation Trust 12
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27	27	may spend annually on the program; requiring that 14
28	28	funds for scholarships be disbursed twice each year; 15
29	29	authorizing the Chief Financial Officer to invest 16
30	30	funds in the program account in a specified manner; 17
31	31	requiring that all earned interest from such 18
32	32	investments be credited to the program account; 19
33	33	requiring the board to adopt rules; specifying that 20
34	34	certain determinations made by the board are not 21
35	35	agency actions for the purposes of the Administrative 22
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37	37	agent from knowingly filing documents with the board 24
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52	52	creating the council within the department; providing 27
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59	59	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 34
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61	61	Section 1. Section 481.2095, Florida Statutes, is created 36
62	62	to read: 37
63	63	481.2095 The Architect Education Minority Assistance 38
64	64	Program; Architect Education Minority Assistance Advisory 39
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66	66	(1) The Architect Education Minority Assistance Program is 41
67	67	created within the department for the purpose of providing 42
68	68	scholarships to minority pe rsons as defined in s. 288.703 who 43
69	69	are residents of this state and who are students enrolled in 44
70	70	their fifth year of an architectural education program 45
71	71	accredited by the National Architecture Accrediting Board at an 46
72	72	institution in this state. The Architect Education Minority 47
73	73	Assistance Advisory Council created in subsection (6) shall 48
74	74	assist the board in administering the program. 49
75	75	(2) All funds used to provide scholarships under the 50
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88	88	program must be derived from a portion of existing license fees 51
89	89	established under s. 481.207, not to exceed $10 per license, and 52
90	90	must be deposited into the Professional Regulation Trust Fund in 53
91	91	a separate account maintained for that purpose. The department 54
92	92	may spend up to $200,000 per year from such account for the 55
93	93	program but may not allocate overhead charges to the account. 56
94	94	Funds for scholarships must be disbursed twice each year as 57
95	95	recommended by the advisory council and approved by the board, 58
96	96	based on eligibility criteria adopted by board rule and a 59
97	97	comparative evaluation of a ll applicants. The Chief Financial 60
98	98	Officer may invest funds in the program account, subject to the 61
99	99	same limitations that apply to the investment of other state 62
100	100	funds, and all interest earned thereon must be credited to the 63
101	101	program account. 64
102	102	(3) The board shall adopt rules to administer the program, 65
103	103	including rules relating to the following: 66
104	104	(a) Eligibility criteria for receipt of a scholarship, 67
105	105	which, at a minimum, must include the following factors: 68
106	106	1. Financial need; 69
107	107	2. Status as a minority person as defined in s. 288.703; 70
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109	109	3. Scholastic ability and performance. 72
110	110	(b) Scholarship application procedures. 73
111	111	(c) Scholarship amounts, the timeframe for payments or 74
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125	125	may be spent by the rec ipient. 76
126	126	(d) The total amount of scholarship funds which can be 77
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128	128	(e) The minimum balance that must be maintained in the 79
129	129	program account. 80
130	130	(4) Determinations made by the board regarding recipients 81
131	131	of scholarship funds are not agency actions for purposes of 82
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133	133	(5) A person or his or her agent may not knowingly file 84
134	134	with the board any notice, statement, or other document that is 85
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136	136	person who violates this subsection commits a misdemeanor of the 87
137	137	second degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 88
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139	139	(6) The Architect Education Minority Assistance Advisory 90
140	140	Council, an advisory council as defined in s. 20.03(7), is 91
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142	142	administering the program. Except as otherwise provided in this 93
143	143	section, the advisory council shall operate in a manner 94
144	144	consistent with s. 20.052. The council membership must be 95
145	145	diverse and representative of mi nority persons as defined in s. 96
146	146	288.703. 97
147	147	(a) The council shall consist of five architects licensed 98
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162	162	the council; two must be re presentatives of the American 101
163	163	Institute of Architects, Florida Section; one must be a 102
164	164	representative of the National Organization of Minority 103
165	165	Architects; and one must be appointed as a member -at-large. At 104
166	166	least one member of the council must be a woman. 105
167	167	(b) The board shall determine the terms for initial 106
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170	170	(c) Any vacancy on the council must be filled in the same 109
171	171	manner as the initial appointment. Any member appointed to fill 110
172	172	a vacancy of an unexpired term shall be appointed for the 111
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174	174	(d) The council membership of any member who has three 113
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176	176	of the council's meetings within any 12 -month period is void and 115
177	177	the member's position is deemed vacant. 116
178	178	(e) Council members shall serve without compensation, and 117
179	179	any necessary and actual expenses incurred by a member while 118
180	180	engaged in the business of the council must be borne by such 119
181	181	member or by the organization or agency such member represents. 120
182	182	However, a board member who serves as a member of the council 121
183	183	must be compensated in accordance with ss. 112.061 and 122
184	184	455.207(4). 123
185	185	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2022. 124