Amendment
Bill No. 7099
Amendment No. 629651
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative(s) Bucher offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendment)
4     Remove line(s) 57-111 and insert:
5     3.  The Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service
6Trust Fund in the Department of Education in the amount of $105
7million in each fiscal year, to be paid in monthly installments
8with $75 million used to fund the Classrooms for Kids Program
9created in s. 1013.735, and $30 million to be used to fund
10teacher salaries the High Growth County District Capital Outlay
11Assistance Grant Program created in s. 1013.738. If required,
12new facilities constructed under the Classrooms for Kids Program
13must meet the requirements of s. 1013.372.
14     4.  The Grants and Donations Trust Fund in the Department
15of Community Affairs in the amount of $3.25 million in each
16fiscal year to be paid in monthly installments, with $3 million
17to be used to fund technical assistance to local governments and
18school boards on the requirements and implementation of this act
19and $250,000 to be used to fund the Century Commission
20established in s. 163.3247.
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22Moneys distributed pursuant to this paragraph may not be pledged
23for debt service unless such pledge is approved by referendum of
24the voters.
25     Section 2.  Subsection (7) of section 1013.64, Florida
26Statutes, is amended to read:
27     1013.64  Funds for comprehensive educational plant needs;
28construction cost maximums for school district capital
29projects.--Allocations from the Public Education Capital Outlay
30and Debt Service Trust Fund to the various boards for capital
31outlay projects shall be determined as follows:
32     (7)  Moneys distributed to the Public Education Capital
33Outlay and Debt Service Trust Fund pursuant to s. 201.15(1)(d)
34to fund the Classrooms for Kids Program created in s. 1013.735
35and the High Growth County District Capital Outlay Assistance
36Grant Program created in s. 1013.738 shall be distributed as
37provided by that section those sections.
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40     Remove line(s) 3-11 and insert:
41taxes; amending s. 201.15, F.S.; reallocating to fund teacher
42salaries the portion of proceeds distributed from the excise tax
43on documents to the Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt
44Service Trust Fund to fund the High Growth County District
45Capital Outlay Assistance Grant Program; amending s. 1013.64,
46F.S.; revising provisions relating to distributions from such
47trust fund for specified programs, to conform; amending s.
481013.738, F.S.; deleting a


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