Florida Senate - 2006                      COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
    Bill No. SB 2424
                        Barcode 092678
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11  The Committee on Education (Webster) recommended the following
12  amendment:
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14         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 
15         On page 61, between lines 3 and 4,
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17  insert:  
18         Section 10.  Subsection (2) of section 1011.71, Florida
19  Statutes, is amended to read:
20         1011.71  District school tax.--
21         (2)  In addition to the maximum millage levy as
22  provided in subsection (1), each school board may levy not
23  more than 2 mills against the taxable value for school
24  purposes for district schools, including charter schools, to
25  fund:
26         (a)  New construction and remodeling projects, as set
27  forth in s. 1013.64(3)(b) and (6)(b) and included in the
28  district's educational plant survey pursuant to s. 1013.31,
29  without regard to prioritization, sites and site improvement
30  or expansion to new sites, existing sites, auxiliary
31  facilities, athletic facilities, or ancillary facilities.
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Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2424 Barcode 092678 1 (b) Maintenance, renovation, and repair of existing 2 school plants or of leased facilities to correct deficiencies 3 pursuant to s. 1013.15(2). 4 (c) The purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of school 5 buses; drivers' education vehicles; motor vehicles used for 6 the maintenance or operation of plants and equipment; security 7 vehicles; or vehicles used in storing or distributing 8 materials and equipment. 9 (d) The purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of new and 10 replacement equipment. 11 (e) Payments for educational facilities and sites due 12 under a lease-purchase agreement entered into by a district 13 school board pursuant to s. 1003.02(1)(f) or s. 1013.15(2), 14 not exceeding, in the aggregate, an amount equal to 15 three-fourths of the proceeds from the millage levied by a 16 district school board pursuant to this subsection. 17 (f) Payment of loans approved pursuant to ss. 1011.14 18 and 1011.15. 19 (g) Payment of costs directly related to complying 20 with state and federal environmental statutes, rules, and 21 regulations governing school facilities. 22 (h) Payment of costs of leasing relocatable 23 educational facilities, of renting or leasing educational 24 facilities and sites pursuant to s. 1013.15(2), or of renting 25 or leasing buildings or space within existing buildings 26 pursuant to s. 1013.15(4). 27 (i) Payment of the cost of school buses when a school 28 district contracts with a private entity to provide student 29 transportation services if the district meets the requirements 30 of this paragraph. 31 1. The district's contract must require that the 2 3:29 PM 03/30/06 s2424c-ed09-c8t
Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 2424 Barcode 092678 1 private entity purchase, lease-purchase, or lease, and operate 2 and maintain, one or more school buses of a specific type and 3 size that meet the requirements of s. 1006.25. 4 2. Each such school bus must be used for the daily 5 transportation of public school students in the manner 6 required by the school district. 7 3. Annual payment for each such school bus may not 8 exceed 10 percent of the purchase price of the state pool bid. 9 4. The proposed expenditure of the funds for this 10 purpose must have been included in the district school board's 11 notice of proposed tax for school capital outlay as provided 12 in s. 200.065(9). 13 14 Violations of these expenditure provisions shall result in an 15 equal dollar reduction in the Florida Education Finance 16 Program (FEFP) funds for the violating district in the fiscal 17 year following the audit citation. 18 19 (Redesignate subsequent sections.) 20 21 22 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 23 And the title is amended as follows: 24 On page 3, line 29, after the semicolon, 25 26 insert: 27 amending s. 1011.71, F.S.; clarifying the use 28 of funds generated through additional millage; 29 30 31 3 3:29 PM 03/30/06 s2424c-ed09-c8t