House Bill hb0099C

    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 99-C

        By Representative Fiorentino






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to public school funding;

  3         authorizing equalized nonvoted capital

  4         improvement millage to be expended for

  5         operations in fiscal year 2001-2002; providing

  6         for the use of other funds; providing for

  7         repeal; providing an effective date.

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  9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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11         Section 1.  (1)(a)  To help mitigate the impact of the

12  midyear reduction in the 2001-2002 fiscal year appropriation

13  for the Florida Education Finance Program, each district

14  school board is authorized to expend in its operating budget

15  as nonrecurring funds up to 0.5 mills of its nonvoted capital

16  improvement millage levied pursuant to s. 236.25(2), Florida

17  Statutes, for the 2001-2002 fiscal year, that will produce an

18  amount not to exceed $125 per full-time equivalent student.

19  This authorized use of proceeds from this millage levy is in

20  addition to the authorized uses set forth in s. 236.25,

21  Florida Statutes, and is for the 2001-2002 fiscal year only.

22  Any proceeds from this millage levy used to replace the

23  midyear budget reduction in the Florida Education Finance

24  Program shall be transferred by budget amendment approved by

25  the district school board at a regular meeting of the school

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27         (b)  If the proceeds from 0.5 mills produce less than

28  $125 per full-time equivalent student in any school district,

29  the additional amount required to equal $125 per full-time

30  equivalent student shall be provided from state funds.

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2001                HB 99-C

    730-137-01C






  1         (c)  If a district school board has not levied

  2  sufficient millage pursuant to s. 236.25(2), Florida Statutes,

  3  for the 2001-2002 fiscal year to produce $125 per full-time

  4  equivalent student and the school board has other similar

  5  funds available, the school board may use such funds in lieu

  6  of proceeds from millage.

  7         (2)  This section is repealed effective June 30, 2002.

  8         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

  9  law.

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      Authorizes equalized nonvoted capital improvement millage
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      fiscal year 2001-2002. Provides for the use of state
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      Provides for repeal.
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