995221
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500                                                  EDU             S218


Senator(s): Campbell
moved the following amendment:





Section: 02EXPLANATION:



On Page: 033             Increses maximum non-voted discretionary ad valorem tax



for school districts from 0.51 mills to 0.856 mills,



Spec App:  109           which offsets to size of the reduction in districts'



required local effort tax rate











NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                                  Positions & Amounts   Positions & Amounts
                                                      DELETE         INSERT

        EDUCATION, DEPARTMENT OF, AND 
        COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION
        Public Schools, Division Of

        In Section 02  On Page 033
109     Aid To Local Governments
        Grants And Aids - Florida Educational 
        Finance Program

        In Section 02  On Page 034

        In the seventh line of the sixth paragraph of proviso 
        following Specific Appropriation 109 on page 34, 
        strike:

        0.510 mills

        and insert the following new proviso:

        0.856 mills


Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process.  However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement
within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.








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