Proposed Committee Substitute by the Committee on Education Pre-K

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A bill to be entitled

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An act implementing the 2008-2009 General Appropriations

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Act; providing legislative intent; incorporating by

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reference certain calculations of the Florida Education

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Finance Program for the 2008-2009 fiscal year; providing

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for the effect of a veto of one or more specific

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appropriations or proviso provisions to which implementing

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language refers; providing for the continued operation of

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certain provisions notwithstanding a future repeal or

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expiration provided by the act; providing for

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severability; providing for contingent retroactive

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application; providing effective dates.

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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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     Section 1. It is the intent of the Legislature that the

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implementing and administering provisions of this act apply to

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the act making appropriations for the 2008-2009 fiscal year.

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     Section 2. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 6,

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7, and 81 through 83 of the 2008-2009 General Appropriations Act,

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the calculations of the Florida Education Finance Program for the

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2008-2009 fiscal year in the document entitled "Public School

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Funding - The Florida Education Finance Program" dated April ,

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2008, and filed with the Secretary of the Senate are incorporated

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by reference for the purposes of displaying the calculations used

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by the Legislature, consistent with the requirements of the

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Florida Statutes, in making appropriations for the Florida

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Education Finance Program.

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     Section 3. Any section of this act which implements a

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specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso

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language in the act making appropriations for the 2008-2009

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fiscal year is void if the specific appropriation or specifically

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identified proviso language is vetoed. Any section of this act

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which implements more than one specific appropriation or more

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than one portion of specifically identified proviso language in

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the act making appropriations for the 2008-2009 fiscal year is

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void if all the specific appropriations or portions of

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specifically identified proviso language are vetoed.

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     Section 4. If any other act passed in 2008 contains a

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provision that is substantively the same as a provision in this

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act, but that removes or is otherwise not subject to the future

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repeal applied to such provision by this act, the Legislature

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intends that the provision in the other act shall take precedence

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and shall continue to operate, notwithstanding the future repeal

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provided by this act.

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     Section 5. If any provision of this act or its application

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to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity

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does not affect other provisions or applications of the act which

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can be given effect without the invalid provision or application,

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and to this end the provisions of this act are severable.

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     Section 6.  Except as otherwise expressly provided in this

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act, this act shall take effect July 1, 2008; or, if this act

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fails to become law until after that date, it shall take effect

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upon becoming a law and shall operate retroactively to July 1,

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2008.