House Bill 0783
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Florida House of Representatives - 2000 HB 783
By Representative Jacobs
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to Daylight Saving Time;
3 exempting the State of Florida and its
4 political subdivisions from federal law which
5 establishes a uniform time for an advance to
6 Daylight Saving Time; providing an effective
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9 WHEREAS, the Uniform Time Act of 1966 (Pub. L. No.
10 89-387; 15 U.S.C. s. 260a) mandates a uniform and coordinated
11 system of reckoning time throughout the United States,
12 including the observance of Daylight Saving Time during the
13 summer months from 2 a.m. on the last Sunday of April until 2
14 a.m. on the last Sunday of October of each year, and
15 WHEREAS, states only may exempt themselves from
16 Daylight Saving Time by legislative act and by opting to
17 observe standard time throughout the state, NOW, THEREFORE,
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19 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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21 Section 1. Pursuant to the Uniform Time Act of 1966,
22 15 U.S.C. s. 260a, it is hereby declared that the State of
23 Florida and all of its political subdivisions are exempted
24 from the operation of said section and shall observe the
25 standard time otherwise applicable under 15 U.S.C. ss.
26 261-264, as modified by 15 U.S.C. s. 265.
27 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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Florida House of Representatives - 2000 HB 783
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Exempts the state and its political subdivisions from the
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Uniform Time Act of 1966, and provides for the observance
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