Florida Senate - 2011                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 430
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/04/2011           .                                
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       The Committee on Higher Education (Sachs) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment 
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    3         Delete lines 49 - 80
    4  and insert:
    5         (i) Operation Iraqi Freedom: March 19, 2003, to September
    6  1, 2010 and ending on the date thereafter prescribed by
    7  presidential proclamation or by law.
    8         (j) Operation New Dawn: September 1, 2010, and ending on
    9  the date thereafter prescribed by presidential proclamation or
   10  by law.
   11         Section 2. Section 295.0185, Florida Statutes, is amended
   12  to read:
   13         295.0185 Children of deceased or disabled military
   14  personnel who die or become disabled in Operation Enduring
   15  Freedom, or Operation Iraqi Freedom, or Operation New Dawn;
   16  educational opportunity.—
   17         (1)(a) It is declared to be the policy of the state to
   18  provide educational opportunity at state expense for the
   19  dependent children of those military personnel who die or suffer
   20  a service-connected 100-percent total and permanent disability
   21  rating for compensation as determined by the United States
   22  Department of Veterans Affairs, or who are determined to have a
   23  service-connected total and permanent disability rating of 100
   24  percent and are in receipt of disability retirement pay from any
   25  branch of the United States Armed Services, while participating
   26  in any of the following military operations, if such military
   27  personnel have been residents of the state during the period of
   28  military action:
   29         1. Operation Enduring Freedom, which began on October 7,
   30  2001;, or while participating in
   31         2. Operation Iraqi Freedom, which began on March 19, 2003,
   32  and ended August 31, 2010; or
   33         3. Operation New Dawn, which began on September 1, 2010 if
   34  such military personnel have been residents of the state during
   35  the period of military action.