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[Senator Brian Collamore (Chair)]: Hello, and welcome back to the Senate Committee on Government Operations meeting of Friday, 03/13/2026. Our final item of business is to take a look at a new draft, 3.1, of Senate Bill two seventy five. John Gray has returned as quickly as he said he would, and we have, I believe, Two. Three noticeable changes from our last draft.
[John Gray (Legislative Counsel)]: Perfect. So John Gray, blood center council, I've got a screen share. It should be pretty simple. There's only gonna be two visible changes, and then I'll talk about the other that you can't see, which is a deletion. So we're gonna jump to page two, and I don't have highlighted in here because I sent the clean version, assuming a vote. Line 15 Mhmm. Provide written notice to the lot owner or, to the extent practical, next opinion if damage was done. The thing I did wanna call out, you guys noted two instances in this paragraph. I just wanna note you only need the one call out because the second sentence, the notice shall advise the lot owner of next of PN is predicated on the notice being distributed. So You'll be the lawyer. There we go.
[Senator Brian Collamore (Chair)]: I think we only
[John Gray (Legislative Counsel)]: need that. That's happy. Okay. Page three. We're gonna read up the lines thirteen and fourteen, and I'm gonna start reading from 12. A statement signed by the secretary, commissioner, or other proper officer that the agency has no available funds, and here's the change, specifically authorized for repair of the vandalism. This was ensure that Florida Bichette had general operating Yep. Funds on hand weren't excluded from receiving a grant on that basis. Right. So the last change, which is not visible, is on page six, or not on page six, because it's not visible. But the former section five, which is the repeal of the burial certificate statute, has been removed, so section five is now your effective date.
[Senator Tanya Vyhovsky (Vice Chair)]: We thought it was invisible because you used invisible ink.
[John Gray (Legislative Counsel)]: Well, you guys could pull out some lemon juice or something. That's right. You know? And that's it.
[Senator Brian Collamore (Chair)]: Any questions for attorney Gray? So again, the process will be whenever there is a burial or cremation, a check will be sent or a fee will be collected of $5 and a check sent to the division for historic preservation. And then at the end of the year, the same group will send a check back to for them to distribute among the deserving most cemeteries. Mean, in essence, that's what it is. And I think we've done great work on a bill that I didn't realize would be this complicated.
[Senator Tanya Vyhovsky (Vice Chair)]: And it raises so low money.
[Senator Brian Collamore (Chair)]: Yeah. Well, if you take 6,500, multiply it times five, I think you'd come out with 32,000 and change. I would say, yeah, that raises so little money. And the need, I think, is substantial. Oh, yeah. Unfortunately. But it would be nice to imagine that and I'm sure it's not just younger kids that do it, but Oh, no. People that People. Misbehaving by taking it out on a grave just kinda weird. So with that in mind, does anyone have any questions for John, or shall we proceed to a vote? And if so, somebody can move.
[Senator Tanya Vyhovsky (Vice Chair)]: I would move that we vote out draft 3.1 of s two seventy five favor. The Clerk. To a call the rules. Okay. Senator Clarkson?
[Senator Brian Collamore (Chair)]: Yes. Senator Morley? Yes. Senator Bahowski? Yes. Senator White? Yes. Senator Collins? Yes. I'll answer your answer. And I will be the reporter. Thank
[John Gray (Legislative Counsel)]: you.
[Senator Brian Collamore (Chair)]: Let me, while we're still online, express my appreciation and compliments to Senator White for her most admirable job on two bills today, one of which I didn't agree with her on, but that be it's because of one of the witnesses in Senate Transportation is also a constituent who feels very strongly that we should continue to inspect our pleasure cars of the year. Yeah.
[Senator Tanya Vyhovsky (Vice Chair)]: I would back and stick
[Senator Rebecca "Becca" White (Member)]: with You can still get an eight months old.
[Senator Brian Collamore (Chair)]: Oh, no. Yeah. That's okay. But I was just even more importantly or maybe not importantly, but it impressed me more with your ability to think on your feet and answer questions that I didn't anticipate, quite honestly, from a number of years. Yeah. And I thought you did an outstanding job, so take care.
[Senator Rebecca "Becca" White (Member)]: Well, I will say I really appreciate you. I missed one big point, which was that we're gonna work on this next year. Right. So I appreciate that you stood up and said that, because I think that we can address the mailing thing, and that or well, we can at least look into it further. And then
[Senator Brian Collamore (Chair)]: The electronic book. I think we can begin to deal with that story.
[Senator Rebecca "Becca" White (Member)]: But I don't know how I addressed Sandra Chittenden's question still. That's one that I Oh,
[Senator Brian Collamore (Chair)]: we have the USPS to be a little more effective.
[Senator Tanya Vyhovsky (Vice Chair)]: I have some thoughts and we can certainly come to you next year because I do Thank
[Senator Brian Collamore (Chair)]: you, John.
[John Gray (Legislative Counsel)]: Didn't mean to leave that. I'll see you.
[Senator Tanya Vyhovsky (Vice Chair)]: Thanks, John.
[John Gray (Legislative Counsel)]: Have good weekend.
[Senator Brian Collamore (Chair)]: John, you enjoy. Ciao.
[Senator Tanya Vyhovsky (Vice Chair)]: A track will be different this weekend.
[Senator Brian Collamore (Chair)]: But I didn't want to make that public, John.
[Senator Tanya Vyhovsky (Vice Chair)]: Thank you.
[Senator Brian Collamore (Chair)]: That was very good.
[Senator Tanya Vyhovsky (Vice Chair)]: Yeah, you did a rocky job.
[Senator Brian Collamore (Chair)]: So unless there's something else coming before the committee, we will adjourn for the day and the week.