The Florida Senate

1010.78  Projects, Contracts, and Grants Trust Fund.--

(1)  There is created in the Department of Education the Projects, Contracts, and Grants Trust Fund. The personnel employed to plan and administer grants or contracts for specific projects shall be considered in time-limited employment not to exceed the duration of the grant or until completion of the project, whichever first occurs. Such employees shall not acquire retention rights under the Career Service System. Any employee holding permanent career service status in a Department of Education position who is appointed to a position under the Projects, Contracts, and Grants Trust Fund shall retain such permanent status in the career service position.

¹(2)  If, in executing the terms of such grants or contracts for specific projects, the employment of personnel shall be required, such personnel shall not be subject to the requirements of s. 216.262(1)(a). This subsection expires July 1, 2003.

History.--s. 590, ch. 2002-387; ss. 3, 79, ch. 2002-402.

¹Note.--

A.  Section 3, ch. 2002-402, created s. 229.085(2)(b) [s. 1010.78(2)] "[i]n order to implement Specific Appropriations 71-166R of the 2002-2003 General Appropriations Act." Some appropriations within this range were vetoed. See ch. 2002-394, the 2002-2003 General Appropriations Act.

B.  Section 79, ch. 2002-402, provides that "[a] section of this act that implements a specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso language in the 2002-2003 General Appropriations Act is void if the specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso language is vetoed. A section of this act that implements more than one specific appropriation or more than one portion of specifically identified proviso language in the 2002-2003 General Appropriations Act is void if all the specific appropriations or portions of specifically identified proviso language are vetoed." Not all specific appropriations or portions of specifically identified proviso language relating to the creation of s. 229.085(2)(b) [s. 1010.78(2)] were vetoed. The enactment of s. 229.085(2)(b) by s. 3, ch. 2002-402, was added to the successor provision of s. 229.085, s. 1010.78, pursuant to the directive in s. 1059, ch. 2002-387.