SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1584

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 134332

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11  Senator Clary moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 50, lines 8-20, delete those lines

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17         Section 22.  Subsections (2) and (3) of section

18  235.2155, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:

19         235.2155  School Infrastructure Thrift Program Act.--

20         (2)  The School Infrastructure Thrift Program (SIT

21  Program) is established within the Department of Education,

22  and the State Board of Education may adopt rules as necessary

23  to operate the program. To facilitate the program's purposes,

24  the department shall aggressively seek the elimination or

25  revision of obsolete, excessively restrictive, or unnecessary

26  laws, rules, and regulations for the purpose of reducing the

27  cost of constructing educational facilities and related costs

28  without sacrificing safety or quality of construction. Such

29  efforts must include, but are not limited to, the elimination

30  of duplicate or overlapping inspections; the relaxation of

31  requirements relating to the life cycle of buildings,

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 1584

    Amendment No. ___   Barcode 134332





  1  landscaping, operable glazing, operable windows, radon

  2  testing, and firesafety, and emergency shelter construction

  3  where lawful, safe, and cost-beneficial; and other cost

  4  savings identified as lawful, safe, and cost-beneficial.

  5         (3)  The SIT Program is designed as:

  6         (a)  An incentive program to reward districts for:

  7         1.  savings realized through functional, frugal

  8  construction.

  9         2.  Savings realized through the operation of charter

10  schools in non-school-district facilities during the

11  1996-1997, 1997-1998, 1998-1999, and 1999-2000 school years.

12         (b)  A recognition program to provide an annual SMART

13  school of the year recognition award to the district that

14  builds the highest quality functional, frugal school.

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18  And the title is amended as follows:

19         On page 3, line 2, after the second semicolon,

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22         eliminating requirements of the School

23         Infrastructure Thrift Program concerning

24         emergency shelter construction;

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