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F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S
A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to state lottery funding for veterans' 2
assistance education programs; amending s. 24.103, 3
F.S.; providing a definition; amending s. 24.105, 4
F.S.; requiring the Department of the Lottery to 5
create an instant lottery game that benefits veterans' 6
assistance education programs; amending s. 24.121, 7
F.S.; providing that veterans' assistance education 8
programs may be funded by the Educational Enhancement 9
Trust Fund; amending s. 24.1215, F.S.; requiring the 10
department to provide certain information to the 11
public; providing an effective date. 12
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 14
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Section 1. Subsections (2), (4), and (5) of secti on 16
24.103, Florida Statutes, are renumbered as subsections (5), 17
(2), and (4), respectively, and subsection (7) is added to that 18
section to read: 19
24.103 Definitions. —As used in this act: 20
(7) "Veterans' assistance education programs" means 21
programs that provide education and training opportunities for 22
veterans as defined in s. 1.01(14). 23
Section 2. Subsection (20) is added to section 24.105, 24
Florida Statutes to read: 25
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24.105 Powers and duties of department. —The department 26
shall: 27
(20) Establish an in stant-ticket lottery game that 28
benefits veterans' assistance education programs. The ticket of 29
any such lottery game must contain notice that the game proceeds 30
will be used to benefit veterans' assistance education programs. 31
Section 3. Paragraph (a) of subsection (5) of section 32
24.121, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 33
24.121 Allocation of revenues and expenditure of funds for 34
public education.— 35
(5)(a) Public educational programs and purposes funded by 36
the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund may include, but are not 37
limited to, endowment, scholarship, matching funds, direct 38
grants, research and economic development related to education, 39
salary enhancement, contracts with independent institutions to 40
conduct programs consistent with the state master plan for 41
postsecondary education, veterans' assistance education 42
programs, or any other educational program or purpose deemed 43
desirable by the Legislature. Before Prior to the expenditure of 44
these funds, each school district shall establish policies and 45
procedures that define enhancement and the types of expenditures 46
consistent with that definition. 47
Section 4. Section 24.1215, Florida Statutes, is amended, 48
read: 49
24.1215 Duty to inform public of lottery's significance to 50
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education.—The Department of the Lottery shall inform the public 51
about: 52
(1) The significance of lottery funding in general to the 53
state's overall system of public education. 54
(2) The significance of lottery funding for veterans' 55
assistance education programs. 56
Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2023. 57