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  2         An act relating to the Florida Statutes;

  3         amending ss. 411.226, 1011.31, 1011.42, and

  4         1013.12, F.S., to conform to the directive in

  5         s. 1, ch. 93-199, Laws of Florida, to remove

  6         gender-specific references applicable to human

  7         beings from the Florida Statutes without

  8         substantive change in legal effect.

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

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12         Section 1.  Paragraph (f) of subsection (2) of section

13  411.226, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:

14         411.226  Learning Gateway.--

15         (2)  LEARNING GATEWAY STEERING COMMITTEE.--

16         (f)  Steering committee appointments must be made, and

17  the committee must hold its first meeting, within 90 days

18  after this act takes effect. Steering committee members shall

19  be appointed to serve a term of 3 years. The Governor shall

20  designate the chair chairman of the steering committee.

21         Section 2.  Subsection (2) of section 1011.31, Florida

22  Statutes, is amended to read:

23         1011.31  Current loans to community college boards of

24  trustees.--

25         (2)  The Commissioner of Education shall approve such

26  proposal when, in his or her opinion, the proposal is

27  reasonable and just, the expenditure is necessary, and

28  revenues sufficient to meet the requirements of the loan can

29  reasonably be anticipated.

30         Section 3.  Subsection (6) of section 1011.42, Florida

31  Statutes, is amended to read:


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 1         1011.42  University depositories; deposits into and

 2  withdrawals from depositories.--

 3         (6)  The university president or his or her designee,

 4  after having been specifically authorized by the university

 5  board of trustees, may transfer funds from one depository to

 6  another, within a depository, to another institution, or from

 7  another institution to a depository for investment purposes

 8  and may transfer funds in a similar manner when the transfer

 9  does not represent an expenditure, advance, or reduction of

10  cash assets.

11         Section 4.  Subsection (7) of section 1013.12, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         1013.12  Casualty, safety, sanitation, and firesafety

14  standards and inspection of property.--The State Board of

15  Education shall adopt and administer rules prescribing

16  standards for the safety and health of occupants of

17  educational and ancillary plants as a part of State

18  Requirements for Educational Facilities or the Florida

19  Building Code for educational facilities construction as

20  provided in s. 1013.37, except that the State Fire Marshal in

21  consultation with the Department of Education shall adopt

22  uniform firesafety standards for educational and ancillary

23  plants and educational facilities, as provided in s.

24  633.022(1)(b), and a firesafety evaluation system to be used

25  as an alternate firesafety inspection standard for existing

26  educational and ancillary plants and educational facilities.

27  The uniform firesafety standards and the alternate firesafety

28  evaluation system shall be administered and enforced by local

29  fire officials.  These standards must be used by all public

30  agencies when inspecting public educational and ancillary

31  plants, and the firesafety standards must be used by local


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 1  fire officials when performing firesafety inspections of

 2  public educational and ancillary plants and educational

 3  facilities. In accordance with such standards, each board

 4  shall prescribe policies and procedures establishing a

 5  comprehensive program of safety and sanitation for the

 6  protection of occupants of public educational and ancillary

 7  plants.  Such policies must contain procedures for periodic

 8  inspections as prescribed herein and for withdrawal of any

 9  educational and ancillary plant, or portion thereof, from use

10  until unsafe or unsanitary conditions are corrected or

11  removed.

12         (7)  ANNUAL REPORT.--The State Fire Marshal shall

13  publish an annual report to be filed with the substantive

14  committees of the state House of Representatives and Senate

15  having jurisdiction over education, the Commissioner of

16  Education or his or her successor, and the Governor

17  documenting the status of each board's firesafety program,

18  including the improvement or lack thereof.

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20         Reviser's note.--Amended pursuant to the

21         directive of the Legislature in s. 1, ch.

22         93-199, Laws of Florida, to remove

23         gender-specific references applicable to human

24         beings from the Florida Statutes without

25         substantive change in legal effect.

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