Senate Bill sb2110
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Florida Senate - 2007 SB 2110
By Senator Posey
24-1250-07
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to daylight saving time;
3 exempting the State of Florida and its
4 political subdivisions from federal law that
5 establishes a uniform time for an advance to
6 daylight saving time; providing an effective
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9 WHEREAS, the Uniform Time Act of 1966, 15 U.S.C. s.
10 260a, mandates a uniform and coordinated system of reckoning
11 time throughout the United States, including the observance of
12 daylight saving time during the summer months from 2 a.m. on
13 the last Sunday of April until 2 a.m. on the last Sunday of
14 October of each year, and
15 WHEREAS, states may exempt themselves from daylight
16 saving time only by legislative act and by opting to observe
17 standard time throughout the state, NOW, THEREFORE,
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19 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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21 Section 1. Under 15 U.S.C. 260a, this state exempts
22 itself and all of its political subdivisions from observation
23 of advanced time, also known as daylight saving time, between
24 2:00 a.m. on the first Sunday in April and 2:00 a.m. on the
25 last Sunday in October in each calendar year, and the entire
26 state and all of its political subdivisions shall observe the
27 standard time that is otherwise applicable during that time
28 period.
29 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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2 SENATE SUMMARY
3 Exempts the state and its political subdivisions from the
observance of daylight saving time under the federal
4 Uniform Time Act of 1966, and provides for the observance
of standard time throughout the state.
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