Senate Bill sb0190

    Florida Senate - 2004                                   SB 190

    By Senator Posey





    24-283-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to educational enhancement;

  3         amending s. 24.115, F.S.; providing for

  4         distribution of unclaimed lottery prize moneys

  5         to specified educational institutions;

  6         providing guidelines for expenditure of such

  7         moneys; providing applicability; providing an

  8         effective date.

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

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12         Section 1.  Subsection (2) of section 24.115, Florida

13  Statutes, is amended to read:

14         24.115  Payment of prizes.--

15         (2)  All unclaimed prize money shall be distributed to

16  each institution under the authority of a district school

17  board, including, but not limited to, a kindergarten,

18  elementary school, secondary school, and technical center, or

19  under the authority of a community college district board of

20  trustees pro rata based on the proportion that the number of

21  students enrolled in that institution bears to the total

22  number of students enrolled in all such institutions in the

23  state added to the pool from which future prizes are to be

24  awarded or used for special prize promotions.

25         Section 2.  Unclaimed lottery prize moneys distributed

26  to an educational institution shall be expended at the

27  discretion of the institution's principal or president, or the

28  person serving in that capacity by whatever title known, but

29  the expenditure must have as its purpose the advancement of

30  one of the priorities of the education system which are

31  described in section 1000.03, Florida Statutes.

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                   SB 190
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 1         Section 3.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

 2  law and shall apply to any prize money that becomes unclaimed

 3  after that date.

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 6                          SENATE SUMMARY

 7    Provides for distribution of unclaimed lottery prize
      moneys to district public schools and public community
 8    colleges to further the priorities of the state's K-20
      education system.
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