Florida Senate - 2014                                    SB 1104
       
       
        
       By Senator Soto
       
       
       
       
       
       14-01246-14                                           20141104__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to discretionary education funding;
    3         amending s. 1011.71, F.S.; increasing the additional
    4         millage that a district school board may levy for
    5         fixed capital outlay or operational purposes;
    6         providing an effective date.
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    8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   10         Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (3) of section
   11  1011.71, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   12         1011.71 District school tax.—
   13         (3)(a) Notwithstanding subsection (2), if the revenue from
   14  1.5 mills is insufficient to meet the payments due under a
   15  lease-purchase agreement entered into before June 30, 2009, by a
   16  district school board pursuant to paragraph (2)(e), or to meet
   17  other critical district fixed capital outlay needs or
   18  operational needs, the board, in addition to the 1.5 mills, may
   19  levy up to 0.50 0.25 mills for fixed capital outlay in lieu of
   20  levying an equivalent amount of the discretionary mills for
   21  operations as provided in the General Appropriations Act.
   22  Millage levied pursuant to this subsection is subject to the
   23  provisions of s. 200.065 and, combined with the 1.5 mills
   24  authorized in subsection (2), may not exceed 2 1.75 mills. If
   25  the district chooses to use up to 0.50 0.25 mills for fixed
   26  capital outlay, the compression adjustment pursuant to s.
   27  1011.62(5) shall be calculated for the standard discretionary
   28  millage that is not eligible for transfer to capital outlay.
   29         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.