Florida Senate - 2006 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
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11 The Committee on Education (Webster) recommended the following
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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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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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
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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).
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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.
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23 And the title is amended as follows:
24 On page 3, line 29, after the semicolon,
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27 amending s. 1011.71, F.S.; clarifying the use
28 of funds generated through additional millage;
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