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Senators Garcia, Wise, Siplin, Bullard, and Villalobos moved the

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following amendment:

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     Senate Amendment (with title amendment)

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     Between line(s) 59 and 60,

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insert:

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     Section 6.  Subsection (3) of section 1011.71, Florida

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Statutes, as amended by section 4 of chapter 2007-328, Laws of

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Florida, is amended to read:

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     1011.71  District school tax.--

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     (3)  A school district that has met the reduction

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requirements regarding class size for the 2007-2008 fiscal year

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pursuant to s. 1003.03 for K-12 students for whom the school

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district provides the educational facilities and certifies to

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the Commissioner of Education that the district does not need

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all of its discretionary 2-mill capital improvement revenue for

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capital outlay purposes and all of the district's instructional

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space needs for the next 5 years can be met from capital outlay

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sources that the district reasonably expects to receive during

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the next 5 years from local revenues and from currently

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appropriated state facilities funding or from alternative

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scheduling or construction, leasing, rezoning, or technological

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methodologies that exhibit sound management may expend, subject

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to the provisions of s. 200.065, up to $65 $25 per unweighted

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full-time equivalent student from the revenue generated by the

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2007-2008 millage levy authorized by subsection (2) to fund, in

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addition to expenditures authorized in paragraphs (2)(a)-(j),

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2007-2008 expenses for the following:

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     (a)  The purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of driver's

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education vehicles; motor vehicles used for the maintenance or

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operation of plants and equipment; security vehicles; or

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vehicles used in storing or distributing materials and

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equipment.

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     (b)  Payment of the cost of premiums for property and

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casualty insurance necessary to insure school district

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educational and ancillary plants. Operating revenues that are

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made available through the payment of property and casualty

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insurance premiums from revenues generated under this subsection

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may be expended only for nonrecurring operational expenditures

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of the school district.

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     Section 7. The amendments to s. 1011.71(3), Florida

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Statutes, as carried forward by this act from chapter 2007-328,

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Laws of Florida, and made by this act shall expire July 1, 2008,

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and the text of that section shall revert to that in existence

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on the day before the effective date of chapter 2007-328, Laws

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of Florida, except that any amendments to such text enacted

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other than by this act and chapter 2007-328, Laws of Florida,

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shall be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that

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such amendments are not dependent upon the portions of such text

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which expire pursuant to this section.

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(Renumber subsequent sections.)

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================ T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================

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And the title is amended as follows:

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     On line(s) 11, after the semicolon,

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insert:

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amending s. 1011.71, F.S.; increasing the amount that

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certain school districts may expend, per unweighted full-

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time equivalent student, from the revenue generated by the

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2007-2008 district school tax levy; providing for the

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expiration of such increase;

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