Senate Bill sb1572

    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1572

    By Senator Villalobos





    37-1123A-02

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to funds of the Department of

  3         Education; amending s. 229.085, F.S.;

  4         eliminating provisions exempting funds held in

  5         trust for student organizations from

  6         requirements governing the deposit and

  7         disbursement of funds; eliminating provisions

  8         limiting the employment period for certain

  9         personnel administering grants or projects;

10         eliminating a provision allowing an employee to

11         retain his or her status as a career service

12         employee if the employee is appointed to a

13         position under the Projects, Contracts, and

14         Grants Trust Fund; providing an effective date.

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

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18         Section 1.  Section 229.085, Florida Statutes, as

19  amended by section 31 of chapter 2001-170, Laws of Florida, is

20  amended to read:

21         229.085  Custody of educational funds.--

22         (1)  All funds received by the Department of Education

23  shall be deposited in the State Treasury subject to

24  disbursement in such manner and for such purpose as the

25  Legislature may by law provide. However, funds held in trust

26  for student organizations which are established and operated

27  in conjunction with public school or community college

28  programs may, upon approval by the state board, be exempted

29  from this section and deposited outside the State Treasury.

30         (2)  There is created in the Department of Education

31  the Projects, Contracts, and Grants Trust Fund. The personnel

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    Florida Senate - 2002                                  SB 1572
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  1  employed to plan and administer grants or contracts for

  2  specific projects shall be considered in time-limited

  3  employment not to exceed the duration of the grant or until

  4  completion of the project, whichever first occurs. Such

  5  employees shall not acquire retention rights under the Career

  6  Service System. Any employee holding permanent career service

  7  status in a Department of Education position who is appointed

  8  to a position under the Projects, Contracts, and Grants Trust

  9  Fund shall retain such permanent status in the career service

10  position.

11         Section 2.  This act shall take effect January 7, 2003.

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14                          SENATE SUMMARY

15    Eliminates an exemption for funds held in trust for
      student organizations by the Department of Education from
16    requirements governing the deposit and disbursement of
      other department funds. Eliminates a limitation on
17    permanent employment for personnel who administer grants
      or projects. Eliminates provisions that provide
18    career-service status for employees appointed to a
      position under the Projects, Contracts, and Grants Trust
19    Fund.

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