Bill Text: FL S1104 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Discretionary Education Funding
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2014-05-02 - Died in Education [S1104 Detail]
Download: Florida-2014-S1104-Introduced.html
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. 7 8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 9 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 0.500.25mills for fixed capital outlayin lieu of20levying an equivalent amount of the discretionary mills for21operations as provided in the General Appropriations Act. 22 Millage levied pursuant to this subsection is subject tothe23provisions ofs. 200.065 and, combined with the 1.5 mills 24 authorized in subsection (2), may not exceed 21.75mills. If 25 the district chooses to use up to 0.500.25mills 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.