Florida Florida Statutes

§ 16.618 — Direct-support organization

FS § 16.618Ch. 16

Statute text

(1)The Department of Legal Affairs shall establish a direct-support organization to provide assistance, funding, and support to the Statewide Council on Human Trafficking and to assist in the fulfillment of the council's purposes. The direct-support organization must be:(a) A Florida corporation, not for profit, incorporated under chapter 617, and approved by the Secretary of State;

(b)Organized and operated exclusively to solicit funds; request and receive grants, gifts, and bequests of money; acquire, receive, hold, invest, and administer, in its own name, property and funds; and make expenditures in support of the purposes specified in this section; and

(c)Certified by the department, after review, to be operating in a manner consistent with the purposes of the organization and in the best interests of this state.

(2)The direct-support organization shall operate under written contract with the department. The contract must provide for all of the following:(a) Approval of the articles of incorporation and bylaws of the direct-support organization by the department.

(b)Submission of an annual budget for approval by the department.

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