Florida Senate - 2017                                     SB 780
       
       
        
       By Senator Stargel
       
       22-00803-17                                            2017780__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to adoption benefits; amending s.
    3         409.1664, F.S.; revising the definition of the term
    4         “state agency” to include charter schools and the
    5         Florida Virtual School for the purpose of extending
    6         adoption benefits to qualifying adoptive employees of
    7         such schools; making a technical change; providing an
    8         effective date.
    9          
   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section
   13  409.1664, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         409.1664 Adoption benefits for qualifying adoptive
   15  employees of state agencies.—
   16         (1) As used in this section, the term:
   17         (c) “State agency” means a branch, department, or agency of
   18  state government for which the Chief Financial Officer processes
   19  payroll requisitions, a water management district as defined in
   20  s. 373.019, a state university or Florida College System
   21  institution as defined in s. 1000.21, a school district unit as
   22  defined in s. 1001.30, a charter school granted charter status
   23  pursuant to s. 1002.33, or the Florida Virtual School
   24  established under s. 1002.37 or a water management district as
   25  defined in s. 373.019.
   26         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.