| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to travel to terrorist states; amending s. |
| 3 | 1011.81, F.S.; prohibiting the use of funds from the |
| 4 | Community College Program Fund, or funds made available to |
| 5 | community colleges from outside the fund, to implement, |
| 6 | organize, direct, coordinate, or administer activities |
| 7 | related to or involving travel to a terrorist state; |
| 8 | defining "terrorist state"; amending s. 1011.90, F.S.; |
| 9 | prohibiting the use of state or nonstate funds made |
| 10 | available to state universities to implement, organize, |
| 11 | direct, coordinate, or administer activities related to or |
| 12 | involving travel to a terrorist state; defining "terrorist |
| 13 | state"; amending s. 112.061, F.S.; providing that travel |
| 14 | expenses of public officers or employees for the purpose |
| 15 | of implementing, organizing, directing, coordinating, or |
| 16 | administering activities related to or involving travel to |
| 17 | a terrorist state shall not be allowed under any |
| 18 | circumstances; defining "terrorist state"; providing an |
| 19 | effective date. |
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| 21 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 23 | Section 1. Section 1011.81, Florida Statutes, is amended |
| 24 | to read: |
| 25 | 1011.81 Community College Program Fund.-- |
| 26 | (1) There is established a Community College Program Fund. |
| 27 | This fund shall comprise all appropriations made by the |
| 28 | Legislature for the support of the current operating program and |
| 29 | shall be apportioned and distributed to the community college |
| 30 | districts of the state on the basis of procedures established by |
| 31 | law and rules of the State Board of Education. The annual |
| 32 | apportionment for each community college district shall be |
| 33 | distributed monthly in payments as nearly equal as possible. |
| 34 | (2) None of the funds made available in the Community |
| 35 | College Program Fund, or funds made available to community |
| 36 | colleges outside the Community College Program Fund, may be used |
| 37 | to implement, organize, direct, coordinate, or administer, or to |
| 38 | support the implementation, organization, direction, |
| 39 | coordination, or administration of, activities related to or |
| 40 | involving travel to a terrorist state. For purposes of this |
| 41 | section, "terrorist state" is defined as any state, country, or |
| 42 | nation designated by the United States Department of State as a |
| 43 | state sponsor of terrorism. |
| 44 | Section 2. Subsection (6) is added to section 1011.90, |
| 45 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 46 | 1011.90 State university funding.-- |
| 47 | (6) None of the state or nonstate funds made available to |
| 48 | state universities may be used to implement, organize, direct, |
| 49 | coordinate, or administer, or to support the implementation, |
| 50 | organization, direction, coordination, or administration of, |
| 51 | activities related to or involving travel to a terrorist state. |
| 52 | For purposes of this section, "terrorist state" is defined as |
| 53 | any state, country, or nation designated by the United States |
| 54 | Department of State as a state sponsor of terrorism. |
| 55 | Section 3. Paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) of subsection (3) |
| 56 | of section 112.061, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as |
| 57 | paragraphs (f), (g), and (h), respectively, and a new paragraph |
| 58 | (e) is added to that subsection to read: |
| 59 | 112.061 Per diem and travel expenses of public officers, |
| 60 | employees, and authorized persons.-- |
| 61 | (3) AUTHORITY TO INCUR TRAVEL EXPENSES.-- |
| 62 | (e) Travel expenses of public officers or employees for |
| 63 | the purpose of implementing, organizing, directing, |
| 64 | coordinating, or administering, or supporting the |
| 65 | implementation, organization, direction, coordination, or |
| 66 | administration of, activities related to or involving travel to |
| 67 | a terrorist state shall not be allowed under any circumstances. |
| 68 | For purposes of this section, "terrorist state" is defined as |
| 69 | any state, country, or nation designated by the United States |
| 70 | Department of State as a state sponsor of terrorism. |
| 71 | Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |