Florida Senate - 2020 SENATOR AMENDMENT Bill No. CS/HB 7097, 1st Eng. Ì380144ÃÎ380144 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . Floor: NC/2R . 03/12/2020 07:02 PM . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Senator Lee moved the following: 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete lines 2030 - 2066 4 and insert: 5 outlay projects to be funded by the surtax. The resolution must 6 also include a statement that the revenues collected must be 7 shared with charter schools pursuant to paragraph (e) based on a 8 charter school’s proportionate share of the school district’s 9 total unweighted full-time equivalent student enrollment. The 10 statements muststatementshallconform to the requirements of 11 s. 101.161 and shall be placed on the ballot by the governing 12 body of the county. The following question shall be placed on 13 the ballot: 14 15 ....FOR THE ....CENTS TAX 16 ....AGAINST THE ....CENTS TAX 17 18 (c) The resolution providing for the imposition of the 19 surtax mustshallset forth a plan for use of the surtax 20 proceeds for fixed capital expenditures or fixed capital costs 21 associated with the construction, reconstruction, or improvement 22 of school facilities and campuses which have a useful life 23 expectancy of 5 or more years, and any land acquisition, land 24 improvement, design, and engineering costs related thereto. 25 Additionally, the plan shall include the costs of retrofitting 26 and providing for technology implementation, including hardware 27 and software, for the various sites within the school district. 28 Surtax revenues may be used for the purpose of servicing bond 29 indebtedness to finance projects authorized by this subsection, 30 and any interest accrued thereto may be held in trust to finance 31 such projects. Neither the proceeds of the surtax nor any 32 interest accrued thereto shall be used for operational expenses. 33 Surtax revenues shared with a charter school shall be expended 34 by the charter school in a manner consistent with the purposes 35 stated in the resolution under paragraph (b). All revenues and 36 expenditures shall be accounted for in a charter school’s 37 monthly or quarterly financial report pursuant to s. 1002.33(9). 38 (d) Surtax revenues collected by the Department of Revenue 39 pursuant to this subsection shall be distributed to the school 40 board imposing the surtax in accordance with law. 41 (e)1. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, 42 beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, funds generated under 43 this subsection must be shared with a charter school if: 44 a. The applicant for the charter school, before the 45 inception of the school, had submitted the charter school 46 application for approval to the applicable district school board 47 and, after entering into a charter contract with that district 48 school board pursuant to s. 1002.33, has been in operation 49 within the applicable school district for at least 2 years; and 50 b. The charter school submits its brief and general 51 description statement and plan pursuant to paragraph (b) to the 52 school district within the timeframe specified by the district 53 school board. 54 2. A charter school that receives funds generated under 55 this subsection must use funds for allowable purposes under this 56 subsection. 57 58 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 59 And the title is amended as follows: 60 Delete line 117 61 and insert: 62 reports; providing applicability; specifying that a 63 district school board’s responsibility to share surtax 64 revenues with charter schools applies to certain 65 charter schools; requiring a charter school to account 66 for the use of funds; amending s. 212.134,