| 1 | A bill to be entitled | 
| 2 | An act relating to public school bus drivers; creating s. | 
| 3 | 1011.635, F.S.; requiring the Legislature to fund a cost- | 
| 4 | of-living increase in the General Appropriations Act for | 
| 5 | persons who drive buses that transport students in | 
| 6 | prekindergarten through grade 12 in the public school | 
| 7 | system; providing an effective date. | 
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| 9 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | 
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| 11 | Section 1.  Section 1011.635, Florida Statutes, is created | 
| 12 | to read: | 
| 13 | 1011.635  Cost-of-living increase for public school bus | 
| 14 | drivers.--The Legislature, in the General Appropriations Act, | 
| 15 | shall fund a cost-of-living increase for all school bus drivers | 
| 16 | in the public school system who drive buses that transport | 
| 17 | children who are in grades prekindergarten through grade 12, as | 
| 18 | provided in s. 1012.45. This section may not be construed to | 
| 19 | conflict with chapter 447. | 
| 20 | Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006. |