CS/HB 1155 Summary

• Creates section 617.221, F.S. to define "membership association" as a nonprofit corporation with a majority of board members who are constitutional officers operating public entities that receive annual state appropriations through formulaic allocation in the General Appropriations Act.

• Requires membership associations to file annual reports by January 1 with the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives containing information about officers, membership fees, financial statements, bylaws, assets/liabilities, executive compensation and benefits, affiliate dues, lobbying expenditures, and litigation expenses.

• Prohibits membership associations from expending public funds on litigation against the state and requires that dues paid with public funds be assessed per elected or appointed public officer, with non-participating officers' dues withheld from the association.

• Mandates the Auditor General to conduct annual financial and operational audits of each membership association's accounts and records.

• Takes effect upon becoming law.