HB 629

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to early learning; creating s. 20.153,
3	F.S.; creating the Agency for Early Learning; providing
4	for appointment and duties of an agency director;
5	providing agency responsibilities; providing for type two
6	transfer of the Office of Early Learning in the Agency for
7	Workforce Innovation, the Office of Early Learning in the
8	Department of Education, child care facility licensing
9	responsibilities of the Department of Children and Family
10	Services, and the Department of Health Florida Infants and
11	Toddlers Early Intervention Program to the Agency for
12	Early Learning; amending ss. 20.50, 216.136, and 391.025,
13	F.S.; conforming provisions; amending s. 411.0105, F.S.;
14	designating the Agency for Early Learning as the lead
15	agency for administering the federal Early Learning
16	Opportunities Act; amending ss. 1002.22, 1002.63, and
17	1002.67, F.S.; conforming provisions and clarifying
18	certain duties; amending s. 1002.69, F.S.; revising
19	provisions relating to calculation of kindergarten
20	readiness rates; amending ss. 1002.71, 1002.73, 1002.75,
21	1002.77, 1002.79, and 1003.575, F.S.; conforming
22	provisions and clarifying certain duties; providing for
23	the continued validity of certain child care facility
24	licenses and registrations; repealing s. 391.308, F.S.,
25	relating to the Florida Infants and Toddlers Early
26	Intervention Program administered by the Department of
27	Health; requiring the Division of Statutory Revision to
28	make conforming changes to the Florida Statutes and to
29	provide certain assistance to legislative committees and
30	councils; providing an effective date.
31
32	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
33
34	Section 1.  Section 20.153, Florida Statutes, is created to
35	read:
36	20.153  Agency for Early Learning.--There is created the
37	Agency for Early Learning, housed within the Department of
38	Education for administrative purposes only. The agency shall be
39	a separate budget entity not subject to control, supervision, or
40	direction by the Department of Education in any manner,
41	including, but not limited to, personnel, purchasing,
42	transactions involving real or personal property, and budgetary
43	matters.
44	(1)  The director of the agency shall be the agency head
45	for all purposes, shall be appointed by the Governor subject to
46	confirmation by the Senate, and shall serve at the pleasure of
47	the Governor. The director shall administer the affairs of the
48	agency and may, within available resources, employ assistants,
49	professional staff, and other employees as necessary to
50	discharge the powers and duties of the agency.
51	(2)(a)  The agency shall administer the state's school
52	readiness system, the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education
53	Program, and child care facility licensing.
54	(b)  The agency shall implement and administer part C of
55	the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, which
56	shall be known as the Florida Infants and Toddlers Early
57	Intervention Program (Early Steps). The agency, jointly with the
58	Department of Education, shall annually prepare a grant
59	application to the United States Department of Education for
60	funding early intervention services for infants and toddlers
61	with disabilities, from birth through 36 months of age, and
62	their families, pursuant to part C of the federal Individuals
63	with Disabilities Education Act. The agency, jointly with the
64	Department of Education, shall include a reading initiative as
65	an early intervention service for infants and toddlers.
66	(c)  The agency shall engage in such other administrative
67	activities as are deemed necessary to effectively and
68	efficiently address the early education, early intervention, and
69	child care needs of young children and their families.
70	Section 2.  (1)  All of the powers, duties, functions,
71	records, personnel, and property; unexpended balances of
72	appropriations, allocations, and other funds; administrative
73	authority; administrative rules; pending issues; and existing
74	contracts of the Office of Early Learning in the Agency for
75	Workforce Innovation are transferred by a type two transfer,
76	pursuant to s. 20.06(2), Florida Statutes, to the Agency for
77	Early Learning.
78	(2)  All of the powers, duties, functions, records,
79	personnel, and property; unexpended balances of appropriations,
80	allocations, and other funds; administrative authority;
81	administrative rules; pending issues; and existing contracts of
82	the Office of Early Learning in the Department of Education are
83	transferred by a type two transfer, pursuant to s. 20.06(2),
84	Florida Statutes, to the Agency for Early Learning.
85	(3)  All of the powers, duties, functions, records,
86	personnel, and property; unexpended balances of appropriations,
87	allocations, and other funds; administrative authority;
88	administrative rules; pending issues; and existing contracts of
89	the Department of Children and Family Services relating to child
90	care facility licensing are transferred by a type two transfer,
91	pursuant to s. 20.06(2), Florida Statutes, to the Agency for
92	Early Learning.
93	(4)  All of the powers, duties, functions, records,
94	personnel, and property; unexpended balances of appropriations,
95	allocations, and other funds; administrative authority;
96	administrative rules; pending issues; and existing contracts of
97	the Florida Infants and Toddlers Early Intervention Program in
98	the Division of Children's Medical Services Network of the
99	Department of Health are transferred by a type two transfer,
100	pursuant to s. 20.06(2), Florida Statutes, to the Agency for
101	Early Learning.
102	Section 3.  Paragraph (c) of subsection (2) of section
103	20.50, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
104	20.50  Agency for Workforce Innovation.--There is created
105	the Agency for Workforce Innovation within the Department of
106	Management Services. The agency shall be a separate budget
107	entity, as provided in the General Appropriations Act, and the
108	director of the agency shall be the agency head for all
109	purposes. The agency shall not be subject to control,
110	supervision, or direction by the Department of Management
111	Services in any manner, including, but not limited to,
112	personnel, purchasing, transactions involving real or personal
113	property, and budgetary matters.
114	(2)
115	(c)  The agency shall include the following offices within
116	its organizational structure:
117	1.  The Office of Unemployment Compensation Services;
118	2.  The Office of Workforce Program Support; and
119	3.  The Office of Early Learning, which shall administer
120	the school readiness system in accordance with s. 411.01 and the
121	operational requirements of the Voluntary Prekindergarten
122	Education Program in accordance with part V of chapter 1002. The
123	office shall be directed by the Deputy Director for Early
124	Learning, who shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of
125	the director; and
126	3.4.  The Office of Agency Support Services.
127
128	The director of the agency may establish the positions of
129	assistant director and deputy director to administer the
130	requirements and functions of the agency. In addition, the
131	director may organize and structure the offices of the agency to
132	best meet the goals and objectives of the agency as provided in
133	s. 20.04.
134	Section 4.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (8) of section
135	216.136, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
136	216.136  Consensus estimating conferences; duties and
137	principals.--
138	(8)  EARLY LEARNING PROGRAMS ESTIMATING CONFERENCE.--
139	(b)  The Agency for Early Learning Workforce Innovation
140	shall provide information on needs and waiting lists for school
141	readiness programs, and information on the needs for the
142	Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program, as requested by the
143	Early Learning Programs Estimating Conference or individual
144	conference principals in a timely manner.
145	Section 5.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section
146	391.025, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
147	391.025  Applicability and scope.--
148	(1)  The Children's Medical Services program consists of
149	the following components:
150	(d)  The developmental evaluation and intervention program,
151	including the Florida Infants and Toddlers Early Intervention
152	Program.
153	Section 6.  Section 411.0105, Florida Statutes, is amended
154	to read:
155	411.0105  Early Learning Opportunities Act and Even Start
156	Family Literacy Programs; lead agency.--
157	(1)  For purposes of administration of the Early Learning
158	Opportunities Act, pursuant to Pub. L. No. 106-554, the Agency
159	for Early Learning is designated as the lead agency and must
160	comply with lead agency responsibilities pursuant to federal
161	law. and
162	(2)  For purposes of administration of the Even Start
163	Family Literacy Programs, pursuant to Pub. L. No. 106-554, the
164	Agency for Workforce Innovation is designated as the lead agency
165	and must comply with lead agency responsibilities pursuant to
166	federal law.
167	Section 7.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section
168	1002.22, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
169	1002.22  Student records and reports; rights of parents and
170	students; notification; penalty.--
171	(3)  RIGHTS OF PARENT OR STUDENT.--The parent of any
172	student who attends or has attended any public school, career
173	center, or public postsecondary educational institution shall
174	have the following rights with respect to any records or reports
175	created, maintained, and used by any public educational
176	institution in the state. However, whenever a student has
177	attained 18 years of age, or is attending a postsecondary
178	educational institution, the permission or consent required of,
179	and the rights accorded to, the parents of the student shall
180	thereafter be required of and accorded to the student only,
181	unless the student is a dependent student of such parents as
182	defined in 26 U.S.C. s. 152 (s. 152 of the Internal Revenue Code
183	of 1954). The State Board of Education shall adopt rules whereby
184	parents or students may exercise these rights:
185	(d)  Right of privacy.--Every student has a right of
186	privacy with respect to the educational records kept on him or
187	her. Personally identifiable records or reports of a student,
188	and any personal information contained therein, are confidential
189	and exempt from s. 119.07(1). A state or local educational
190	agency, board, public school, career center, or public
191	postsecondary educational institution may not permit the release
192	of such records, reports, or information without the written
193	consent of the student's parent, or of the student himself or
194	herself if he or she is qualified as provided in this
195	subsection, to any individual, agency, or organization. However,
196	personally identifiable records or reports of a student may be
197	released to the following persons or organizations without the
198	consent of the student or the student's parent:
199	1.  Officials of schools, school systems, career centers,
200	or public postsecondary educational institutions in which the
201	student seeks or intends to enroll; and a copy of such records
202	or reports shall be furnished to the parent or student upon
203	request.
204	2.  Other school officials, including teachers within the
205	educational institution or agency, who have legitimate
206	educational interests in the information contained in the
207	records.
208	3.  The United States Secretary of Education, the Director
209	of the National Institute of Education, the Assistant Secretary
210	for Education, the Comptroller General of the United States, or
211	state or local educational authorities who are authorized to
212	receive such information subject to the conditions set forth in
213	applicable federal statutes and regulations of the United States
214	Department of Education, or in applicable state statutes and
215	rules of the State Board of Education.
216	4.  Other school officials, in connection with a student's
217	application for or receipt of financial aid.
218	5.  Individuals or organizations conducting studies for or
219	on behalf of an institution or a board of education for the
220	purpose of developing, validating, or administering predictive
221	tests, administering student aid programs, or improving
222	instruction, if the studies are conducted in a manner that does
223	not permit the personal identification of students and their
224	parents by persons other than representatives of such
225	organizations and if the information will be destroyed when no
226	longer needed for the purpose of conducting such studies.
227	6.  Accrediting organizations, in order to carry out their
228	accrediting functions.
229	7.  Early learning coalitions and the Agency for Early
230	Learning Workforce Innovation in order to carry out their
231	assigned duties.
232	8.  For use as evidence in student expulsion hearings
233	conducted by a district school board under chapter 120.
234	9.  Appropriate parties in connection with an emergency, if
235	knowledge of the information in the student's educational
236	records is necessary to protect the health or safety of the
237	student or other individuals.
238	10.  The Auditor General and the Office of Program Policy
239	Analysis and Government Accountability in connection with their
240	official functions; however, except when the collection of
241	personally identifiable information is specifically authorized
242	by law, any data collected by the Auditor General and the Office
243	of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability is
244	confidential and exempt from s. 119.07(1) and shall be protected
245	in a way that does not permit the personal identification of
246	students and their parents by other than the Auditor General,
247	the Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government
248	Accountability, and their staff, and the personally identifiable
249	data shall be destroyed when no longer needed for the Auditor
250	General's and the Office of Program Policy Analysis and
251	Government Accountability's official use.
252	11.a.  A court of competent jurisdiction in compliance with
253	an order of that court or the attorney of record in accordance
254	with a lawfully issued subpoena, upon the condition that the
255	student and the student's parent are notified of the order or
256	subpoena in advance of compliance therewith by the educational
257	institution or agency.
258	b.  A person or entity in accordance with a court of
259	competent jurisdiction in compliance with an order of that court
260	or the attorney of record pursuant to a lawfully issued
261	subpoena, upon the condition that the student, or his or her
262	parent if the student is either a minor and not attending a
263	postsecondary educational institution or a dependent of such
264	parent as defined in 26 U.S.C. s. 152 (s. 152 of the Internal
265	Revenue Code of 1954), is notified of the order or subpoena in
266	advance of compliance therewith by the educational institution
267	or agency.
268	12.  Credit bureaus, in connection with an agreement for
269	financial aid that the student has executed, if the information
270	is disclosed only to the extent necessary to enforce the terms
271	or conditions of the financial aid agreement. Credit bureaus
272	shall not release any information obtained under this paragraph
273	to any person.
274	13.  Parties to an interagency agreement among the
275	Department of Juvenile Justice, school and law enforcement
276	authorities, and other signatory agencies for the purpose of
277	reducing juvenile crime and especially motor vehicle theft by
278	promoting cooperation and collaboration, and the sharing of
279	appropriate information in a joint effort to improve school
280	safety, to reduce truancy and in-school and out-of-school
281	suspensions, and to support alternatives to in-school and out-
282	of-school suspensions and expulsions that provide structured and
283	well-supervised educational programs supplemented by a
284	coordinated overlay of other appropriate services designed to
285	correct behaviors that lead to truancy, suspensions, and
286	expulsions, and that support students in successfully completing
287	their education. Information provided in furtherance of the
288	interagency agreements is intended solely for use in determining
289	the appropriate programs and services for each juvenile or the
290	juvenile's family, or for coordinating the delivery of the
291	programs and services, and as such is inadmissible in any court
292	proceedings before a dispositional hearing unless written
293	consent is provided by a parent or other responsible adult on
294	behalf of the juvenile.
295	14.  Consistent with the Family Educational Rights and
296	Privacy Act, the Department of Children and Family Services or a
297	community-based care lead agency acting on behalf of the
298	Department of Children and Family Services, as appropriate.
299
300	This paragraph does not prohibit any educational institution
301	from publishing and releasing to the general public directory
302	information relating to a student if the institution elects to
303	do so. However, no educational institution shall release, to any
304	individual, agency, or organization that is not listed in
305	subparagraphs 1.-14., directory information relating to the
306	student body in general or a portion thereof unless it is
307	normally published for the purpose of release to the public in
308	general. Any educational institution making directory
309	information public shall give public notice of the categories of
310	information that it has designated as directory information for
311	all students attending the institution and shall allow a
312	reasonable period of time after the notice has been given for a
313	parent or student to inform the institution in writing that any
314	or all of the information designated should not be released.
315	Section 8.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (4) of section
316	1002.63, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
317	1002.63  School-year prekindergarten program delivered by
318	public schools.--
319	(4)  To be eligible to deliver the prekindergarten program
320	during the school year, each school district must meet both of
321	the following requirements:
322	(b)  The Commissioner of Education must certify to the
323	State Board of Education that the Department of Education has
324	reviewed the school district's educational facilities, capital
325	outlay funds, and projected student enrollment and concurs with
326	the district school board's certification under paragraph (a).
327	Section 9.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section
328	1002.67, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
329	1002.67  Performance standards; curricula and
330	accountability.--
331	(3)
332	(d)  Each early learning coalition and, the Agency for
333	Early Learning shall Workforce Innovation, and the department
334	shall coordinate with the Child Care Services Program Office of
335	the Department of Children and Family Services to minimize
336	interagency duplication of activities for monitoring private
337	prekindergarten providers for compliance with requirements of
338	the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program under this part,
339	the school readiness programs under s. 411.01, and the licensing
340	of providers under ss. 402.301-402.319.
341	Section 10.  Subsections (1), (5), and (6) of section
342	1002.69, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
343	1002.69  Statewide kindergarten screening; kindergarten
344	readiness rates.--
345	(1)  The Department of Education shall adopt a statewide
346	kindergarten screening that assesses the readiness of each
347	student for kindergarten based upon the performance standards
348	adopted by the Agency for Early Learning department under s.
349	1002.67(1) for the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program.
350	The Department of Education shall require that each school
351	district administer the statewide kindergarten screening to each
352	kindergarten student in the school district within the first 30
353	school days of each school year.
354	(5)  The State Board of Education shall adopt procedures
355	for the annual calculation of department to annually calculate
356	each private prekindergarten provider's and public school's
357	kindergarten readiness rate, which must be expressed as the
358	percentage of the provider's or school's students who are
359	assessed as ready for kindergarten. The kindergarten readiness
360	rates must be based exclusively upon the results of the
361	statewide kindergarten screening for students completing the
362	Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program, beginning with
363	students completing the program during the 2005-2006 school year
364	who are administered the statewide kindergarten screening during
365	the 2006-2007 school year. The rates must not include students
366	who are not administered the statewide kindergarten screening.
367	(6)(a)  The State Board of Education shall periodically
368	adopt a minimum kindergarten readiness rate that, if achieved by
369	a private prekindergarten provider or public school, would
370	demonstrate the provider's or school's satisfactory delivery of
371	the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program.
372	(b)  The minimum rate must not exceed the rate at which
373	more than 15 percent of the kindergarten readiness rates of all
374	private prekindergarten providers and public schools delivering
375	the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program in the state
376	would fall below the minimum rate.
377	Section 11.  Paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section
378	1002.71, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
379	1002.71  Funding; financial and attendance reporting.--
380	(5)
381	(b)  The Agency for Early Learning Workforce Innovation
382	shall adopt procedures for the payment of private
383	prekindergarten providers and public schools delivering the
384	Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program. The procedures
385	shall provide for the advance payment of providers and schools
386	based upon student enrollment in the program, the certification
387	of student attendance, and the reconciliation of advance
388	payments in accordance with the uniform attendance policy
389	adopted under paragraph (6)(d). The procedures shall provide for
390	the monthly distribution of funds by the agency for Workforce
391	Innovation to the early learning coalitions for payment by the
392	coalitions to private prekindergarten providers and public
393	schools. The department shall transfer to the Agency for
394	Workforce Innovation at least once each quarter the funds
395	available for payment to private prekindergarten providers and
396	public schools in accordance with this paragraph from the funds
397	appropriated for that purpose.
398	Section 12.  Section 1002.73, Florida Statutes, is amended
399	to read:
400	1002.73  Agency for Early Learning, Department of
401	Education, and State Board of Education; powers and duties;
402	accountability requirements.--
403	(1)  The Agency for Early Learning department shall
404	administer the accountability requirements of the Voluntary
405	Prekindergarten Education Program at the state level.
406	(2)  The agency department shall adopt procedures for the
407	agency's department's:
408	(a)  Approval of prekindergarten director credentials under
409	ss. 1002.55 and 1002.57.
410	(b)  Approval of emergent literacy training courses under
411	ss. 1002.55 and 1002.59.
412	(c)  Certification of school districts that are eligible to
413	deliver the school-year prekindergarten program under s.
414	1002.63.
415	(3)(d)  The Department of Education shall adopt procedures
416	for administration of the statewide kindergarten screening and
417	the State Board of Education shall adopt procedures for
418	calculation of kindergarten readiness rates under s. 1002.69.
419	(4)(3)  Except as provided by law, the agency department
420	may not impose requirements on a private prekindergarten
421	provider that does not deliver the Voluntary Prekindergarten
422	Education Program or receive state funds under this part.
423	Section 13.  Subsection (3) of section 1002.75, Florida
424	Statutes, is amended to read:
425	1002.75  Agency for Early Learning Workforce Innovation;
426	powers and duties; operational requirements.--
427	(3)  The Agency for Early Learning Workforce Innovation
428	shall adopt, in consultation with and subject to approval by the
429	department, procedures governing the administration of the
430	Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program by the early
431	learning coalitions and school districts for:
432	(a)  Approving improvement plans of private prekindergarten
433	providers and public schools under s. 1002.67.
434	(b)  Placing private prekindergarten providers and public
435	schools on probation and requiring corrective actions under s.
436	1002.67.
437	(c)  Removing a private prekindergarten provider or public
438	school from eligibility to deliver the program due to the
439	provider's or school's remaining on probation beyond the time
440	permitted under s. 1002.67.
441	Section 14.  Subsection (1) of section 1002.77, Florida
442	Statutes, is amended to read:
443	1002.77  Florida Early Learning Advisory Council.--
444	(1)  There is created the Florida Early Learning Advisory
445	Council within the Agency for Early Learning Workforce
446	Innovation. The purpose of the advisory council is to submit
447	recommendations to the department and the agency for Workforce
448	Innovation on the early learning policy of this state, including
449	recommendations relating to administration of the Voluntary
450	Prekindergarten Education Program under this part and the school
451	readiness programs under s. 411.01.
452	Section 15.  Subsection (1) of section 1002.79, Florida
453	Statutes, is amended to read:
454	1002.79  Rulemaking authority.--
455	(1)  The State Board of Education shall adopt rules under
456	ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to administer the provisions of this
457	part conferring duties upon the Department of Education.
458	Section 16.  Subsections (1) and (3) of section 1003.575,
459	Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
460	1003.575  Assistive technology devices; findings;
461	interagency agreements.--Accessibility, utilization, and
462	coordination of appropriate assistive technology devices and
463	services are essential as a young person with disabilities moves
464	from early intervention to preschool, from preschool to school,
465	from one school to another, and from school to employment or
466	independent living. To ensure that an assistive technology
467	device issued to a young person as part of his or her
468	individualized family support plan, individual support plan, or
469	an individual education plan remains with the individual through
470	such transitions, the following agencies shall enter into
471	interagency agreements, as appropriate, to ensure the
472	transaction of assistive technology devices:
473	(1)  The Florida Infants and Toddlers Early Intervention
474	Program in the Agency for Early Learning Division of Children's
475	Medical Services of the Department of Health.
476	(3)  The Voluntary Prekindergarten Education Program
477	administered by the Department of Education and the Agency for
478	Early Learning Workforce Innovation.
479
480	Interagency agreements entered into pursuant to this section
481	shall provide a framework for ensuring that young persons with
482	disabilities and their families, educators, and employers are
483	informed about the utilization and coordination of assistive
484	technology devices and services that may assist in meeting
485	transition needs, and shall establish a mechanism by which a
486	young person or his or her parent may request that an assistive
487	technology device remain with the young person as he or she
488	moves through the continuum from home to school to postschool.
489	Section 17.  Notwithstanding the transfer of regulatory
490	authority over child care facility licensing in chapter 402,
491	Florida Statutes, provided in this act, persons and entities
492	holding in good standing any child care facility license or
493	registration under chapter 402, Florida Statutes, as of 11:59
494	p.m. on the day prior to the effective date of this act shall be
495	deemed to hold in good standing a license or registration in the
496	same capacity under the authority of the Agency for Early
497	Learning as of the effective date of this act.
498	Section 18.  Section 391.308, Florida Statutes, is
499	repealed.
500	Section 19.  The Division of Statutory Revision of the
501	Office of Legislative Services shall change "Agency for
502	Workforce Innovation" and "Department of Education" to "Agency
503	for Early Learning" and shall change "department" with respect
504	to that department to "agency" wherever those terms appear in
505	ss. 411.01 and 411.011, Florida Statutes, relating to school
506	readiness programs.
507	Section 20.  The Division of Statutory Revision of the
508	Office of Legislative Services shall change "Department of
509	Education," "Department of Children and Family Services," and
510	"Agency for Workforce Innovation" to "Agency for Early Learning"
511	and shall change "department" with respect to those departments
512	to "agency" wherever those terms appear in part V of chapter
513	1002, Florida Statutes, relating to the Voluntary
514	Prekindergarten Education Program, except as otherwise amended
515	in this act.
516	Section 21.  The Division of Statutory Revision of the
517	Office of Legislative Services shall change "Department of
518	Children and Family Services" and "Agency for Workforce
519	Innovation" to "Agency for Early Learning" and shall change
520	"department" with respect to that department to "agency"
521	wherever those terms appear in ss. 402.27, 402.281, and 402.301-
522	402.319, Florida Statutes, relating to child care facility
523	licensing.
524	Section 22.  The Legislature recognizes that there is a
525	need to conform the Florida Statutes to the policy decisions
526	reflected in the provisions of this act. The Division of
527	Statutory Revision of the Office of Legislative Services is
528	directed to provide the relevant substantive committees and
529	councils of the Senate and the House of Representatives with
530	assistance, upon request, to enable such committees or councils
531	to prepare draft legislation to conform the Florida Statutes to
532	the provisions of this act.
533	Section 23.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.

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