| 15 | | - | An act relating to tax collectors; amending s. 145.11, 2 |
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| 16 | | - | F.S.; revising tax collector base salaries; amending 3 |
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| 17 | | - | s. 409.1664, F.S.; defining the term "tax collector 4 |
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| 18 | | - | employee"; providing that tax collector employees are 5 |
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| 19 | | - | eligible to receive certain adoption benefits; 6 |
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| 20 | | - | specifying monetary benefit amounts to be paid under 7 |
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| 21 | | - | specified conditions; requiring such employees to 8 |
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| 22 | | - | apply to the Department of Children and Families to 9 |
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| 23 | | - | obtain the benefit; authorizing the department to 10 |
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| 24 | | - | adopt specified rules; creating s. 445.09, F.S.; 11 |
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| 25 | | - | authorizing county tax collectors to budget for and 12 |
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| 26 | | - | pay hiring and retention bonuses to employees under 13 |
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| 27 | | - | specified conditions; amending s. 1003.48, F.S.; 14 |
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| 28 | | - | authorizing a district school board to contract with a 15 |
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| 29 | | - | county tax collector to authorize a tax collector 16 |
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| 30 | | - | employee to administer road tests on school grounds at 17 |
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| 31 | | - | one or more secondary schools within the district; 18 |
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| 32 | | - | providing an effective date. 19 |
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| 33 | | - | 20 |
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| 34 | | - | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 21 |
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| 15 | + | An act relating to tax collectors and school 2 |
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| 16 | + | officials; amending s. 145.11, F.S.; revising tax 3 |
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| 17 | + | collector base salaries; amending s. 409.1664, F.S.; 4 |
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| 18 | + | defining the term "tax collector employee"; providing 5 |
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| 19 | + | that tax collector employees are eligible to receive 6 |
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| 20 | + | certain adoption benefits; specifying monetary benefit 7 |
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| 21 | + | amounts to be paid under specified conditions; 8 |
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| 22 | + | requiring such employees to apply to the Department of 9 |
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| 23 | + | Children and Families to obtain the benefit; 10 |
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| 24 | + | authorizing the department to adopt specified rules; 11 |
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| 25 | + | creating s. 445.09, F.S.; authorizing county tax 12 |
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| 26 | + | collectors to budget for and pay hiring and retention 13 |
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| 27 | + | bonuses to employees after submittal to specified 14 |
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| 28 | + | entities; amending s. 1001.47, F.S.; revising district 15 |
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| 29 | + | school superintendent base salaries; amending s. 16 |
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| 30 | + | 1003.48, F.S.; authorizing a district school board to 17 |
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| 31 | + | contract with a county tax collector to administer 18 |
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| 32 | + | road tests on school grounds at one or more secondary 19 |
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| 33 | + | schools within the district; providing an effective 20 |
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| 34 | + | date. 21 |
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| 51 | | - | (1) Each tax collector shall receive as salary the amount 26 |
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| 52 | | - | indicated, based on the population of hi s or her county. In 27 |
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| 53 | | - | addition, a compensation shall be made for population increments 28 |
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| 54 | | - | over the minimum for each population group, which shall be 29 |
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| 55 | | - | determined by multiplying the population in excess of the 30 |
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| 56 | | - | minimum for the group times the group rate. 31 |
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| 57 | | - | 32 |
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| 51 | + | Statutes, is amended to read: 26 |
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| 52 | + | 145.11 Tax collector. — 27 |
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| 53 | + | (1) Each tax collector shall receive as salary the amount 28 |
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| 54 | + | indicated, based on the population of his or her county. In 29 |
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| 55 | + | addition, a compensation shall be made for population increments 30 |
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| 56 | + | over the minimum for each population group, which shall be 31 |
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| 57 | + | determined by multiplying the populat ion in excess of the 32 |
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| 58 | + | minimum for the group times the group rate. 33 |
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| 59 | + | 34 |
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| 105 | | - | 40 |
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| 106 | | - | Section 2. Paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of section 41 |
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| 107 | | - | 409.1664, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph (g), 42 |
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| 108 | | - | subsections (2), (3), (4), and (6) are amended, and a new 43 |
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| 109 | | - | paragraph (f) is added to subsection (1) of that section, to 44 |
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| 110 | | - | read: 45 |
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| 111 | | - | 409.1664 Adoption benefits for qualifying adoptive 46 |
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| 112 | | - | employees of state agencies, veterans, servicemembers, and law 47 |
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| 113 | | - | enforcement officers , and tax collector employees .— 48 |
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| 114 | | - | (1) As used in this section, the term: 49 |
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| 115 | | - | (f) "Tax collector employee" means an employee or a deputy 50 |
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| 116 | | - | tax collector, provided in s. 197.103, of an office of a county 51 |
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| 117 | | - | tax collector. 52 |
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| 118 | | - | (2) A qualifying adoptive employee, veteran, or 53 |
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| 119 | | - | servicemember, or tax collector employee who adopts a child 54 |
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| 120 | | - | within the child welfare system who is difficult to place as 55 |
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| 121 | | - | described in s. 409.166(2)(d)2. is eligible to receive a lump -56 |
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| 122 | | - | sum monetary benefit in the amount of $10,000 per such child, 57 |
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| 123 | | - | subject to applicable taxes. A law enforcement officer who 58 |
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| 124 | | - | adopts a child within the child welfare system who is difficult 59 |
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| 125 | | - | to place as described in s. 409.166(2)(d)2. is eligible to 60 |
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| 109 | + | 42 |
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| 110 | + | Section 2. Paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of section 43 |
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| 111 | + | 409.1664, Florida Statutes, is redesignated as paragraph (g), 44 |
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| 112 | + | subsections (2), (3), (4), and (6) are amended, and a new 45 |
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| 113 | + | paragraph (f) is added to subsection (1) of that section, to 46 |
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| 114 | + | read: 47 |
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| 115 | + | 409.1664 Adoption benefits for qualifying adoptive 48 |
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| 116 | + | employees of state agencies, veterans, servicemembers, and law 49 |
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| 117 | + | enforcement officers, and tax collector employees .— 50 |
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| 118 | + | (1) As used in this section, the term: 51 |
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| 119 | + | (f) "Tax collector employee" means an employee or a deputy 52 |
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| 120 | + | tax collector, provided in s. 197.103, of an office of a county 53 |
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| 121 | + | tax collector. 54 |
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| 122 | + | (2) A qualifying adoptive employee, veteran, or 55 |
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| 123 | + | servicemember, or tax collector employee who adopts a child 56 |
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| 124 | + | within the child welfare system who is difficult to place as 57 |
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| 125 | + | described in s. 409.166(2)(d)2. is eligible to receive a lump -58 |
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| 126 | + | sum monetary benefit in the amount of $10,000 per such child, 59 |
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| 127 | + | subject to applicable taxes. A law enforcement officer who 60 |
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| 138 | | - | receive a lump-sum monetary benefit in the amount of $25,000 per 61 |
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| 139 | | - | such child, subject to applicable taxes. A qualifying adoptive 62 |
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| 140 | | - | employee, veteran, or servicemember, or tax collector employee 63 |
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| 141 | | - | who adopts a child within the child welfare system who is not 64 |
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| 142 | | - | difficult to place as described in s. 409.166(2)(d)2. is 65 |
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| 143 | | - | eligible to receive a lump -sum monetary benefit in the amount of 66 |
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| 144 | | - | $5,000 per such child, sub ject to applicable taxes. A law 67 |
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| 145 | | - | enforcement officer who adopts a child within the child welfare 68 |
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| 146 | | - | system who is not difficult to place as described in s. 69 |
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| 147 | | - | 409.166(2)(d)2. is eligible to receive a lump -sum monetary 70 |
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| 148 | | - | benefit in the amount of $10,000 per each suc h child, subject to 71 |
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| 149 | | - | applicable taxes. A qualifying adoptive employee of a charter 72 |
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| 150 | | - | school or the Florida Virtual School may retroactively apply for 73 |
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| 151 | | - | the monetary benefit provided in this subsection if such 74 |
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| 152 | | - | employee was employed by a charter school or the Flo rida Virtual 75 |
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| 153 | | - | School when he or she adopted a child within the child welfare 76 |
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| 154 | | - | system pursuant to chapter 63 on or after July 1, 2015. A 77 |
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| 155 | | - | veteran, or servicemember, or tax collector employee may apply 78 |
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| 156 | | - | for the monetary benefit provided in this subsection if he or 79 |
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| 157 | | - | she is domiciled in this state and adopts a child within the 80 |
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| 158 | | - | child welfare system pursuant to chapter 63 on or after July 1, 81 |
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| 159 | | - | 2020. A law enforcement officer may apply for the monetary 82 |
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| 160 | | - | benefit provided in this subsection if he or she is domiciled in 83 |
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| 161 | | - | this state and adopts a child within the child welfare system 84 |
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| 162 | | - | pursuant to chapter 63 on or after July 1, 2022. A tax collector 85 |
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| 140 | + | adopts a child within the child welfare system who is difficult 61 |
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| 141 | + | to place as described in s. 409.166(2)(d)2. is eligible to 62 |
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| 142 | + | receive a lump-sum monetary benefit in the amount of $25,000 per 63 |
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| 143 | + | such child, subject to applicable taxes. A qualifying adoptive 64 |
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| 144 | + | employee, veteran, or servicemember, or tax collector employee 65 |
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| 145 | + | who adopts a child within the child welfare system who is not 66 |
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| 146 | + | difficult to place as described in s. 409.166(2)(d)2. is 67 |
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| 147 | + | eligible to receive a lump-sum monetary benefit in the amount of 68 |
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| 148 | + | $5,000 per such child, subject to applicable taxes. A law 69 |
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| 149 | + | enforcement officer who adopts a child within the child welfare 70 |
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| 150 | + | system who is not difficult to place as described in s. 71 |
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| 151 | + | 409.166(2)(d)2. is eligible to r eceive a lump-sum monetary 72 |
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| 152 | + | benefit in the amount of $10,000 per each such child, subject to 73 |
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| 153 | + | applicable taxes. A qualifying adoptive employee of a charter 74 |
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| 154 | + | school or the Florida Virtual School may retroactively apply for 75 |
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| 155 | + | the monetary benefit provided in this subsection if such 76 |
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| 156 | + | employee was employed by a charter school or the Florida Virtual 77 |
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| 157 | + | School when he or she adopted a child within the child welfare 78 |
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| 158 | + | system pursuant to chapter 63 on or after July 1, 2015. A 79 |
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| 159 | + | veteran, or servicemember, or tax collector employ ee may apply 80 |
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| 160 | + | for the monetary benefit provided in this subsection if he or 81 |
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| 161 | + | she is domiciled in this state and adopts a child within the 82 |
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| 162 | + | child welfare system pursuant to chapter 63 on or after July 1, 83 |
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| 163 | + | 2020. A law enforcement officer may apply for the moneta ry 84 |
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| 164 | + | benefit provided in this subsection if he or she is domiciled in 85 |
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| 175 | | - | employee may apply for the monetary benefit provided in this 86 |
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| 176 | | - | subsection if he or she is domiciled in this state and adopts a 87 |
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| 177 | | - | child within the child welfare system under chapter 63 on or 88 |
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| 178 | | - | after July 1, 2024. 89 |
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| 179 | | - | (a) Benefits paid to a qualifying adoptive employee who is 90 |
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| 180 | | - | a part-time employee must be prorated based on the qualifying 91 |
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| 181 | | - | adoptive employee's full -time equivalency at the time of 92 |
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| 182 | | - | applying for the benefits. 93 |
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| 183 | | - | (b) Monetary benefits awarded under this subsection are 94 |
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| 184 | | - | limited to one award per adopted child within the child welfare 95 |
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| 185 | | - | system. 96 |
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| 186 | | - | (c) The payment of a lump -sum monetary benefit for 97 |
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| 187 | | - | adopting a child within the child welfare system under this 98 |
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| 188 | | - | section is subject to a specific appropriation to the department 99 |
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| 189 | | - | for such purpose. 100 |
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| 190 | | - | (3) A qualifying adoptive employee must apply to his or 101 |
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| 191 | | - | her agency head, or to his or her school director in the case of 102 |
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| 192 | | - | a qualifying adoptive employee of a cha rter school or the 103 |
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| 193 | | - | Florida Virtual School, to obtain the monetary benefit provided 104 |
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| 194 | | - | in subsection (2). A veteran , or servicemember, or tax collector 105 |
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| 195 | | - | employee must apply to the department to obtain the benefit. A 106 |
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| 196 | | - | law enforcement officer must apply to the Dep artment of Law 107 |
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| 197 | | - | Enforcement to obtain the benefit. Applications must be on forms 108 |
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| 198 | | - | approved by the department and must include a certified copy of 109 |
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| 199 | | - | the final order of adoption naming the applicant as the adoptive 110 |
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| 177 | + | this state and adopts a child within the child welfare system 86 |
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| 178 | + | pursuant to chapter 63 on or after July 1, 2022. A tax collector 87 |
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| 179 | + | employee may apply for the monetary benefit provided in this 88 |
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| 180 | + | subsection if he or she is domiciled in this state and adopts a 89 |
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| 181 | + | child within the child welfare system under chapter 63 on or 90 |
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| 182 | + | after July 1, 2024. 91 |
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| 183 | + | (a) Benefits paid to a qualifying adoptive employee who is 92 |
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| 184 | + | a part-time employee must be prorated based on the qualifying 93 |
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| 185 | + | adoptive employee's full -time equivalency at the time of 94 |
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| 186 | + | applying for the benefits. 95 |
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| 187 | + | (b) Monetary benefits awarded under this subsection are 96 |
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| 188 | + | limited to one award per adopted child within the child welfare 97 |
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| 189 | + | system. 98 |
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| 190 | + | (c) The payment of a lump -sum monetary benefit for 99 |
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| 191 | + | adopting a child within the child welfare system under this 100 |
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| 192 | + | section is subject to a specific appropriation to the department 101 |
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| 193 | + | for such purpose. 102 |
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| 194 | + | (3) A qualifying adoptive employee must apply to his or 103 |
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| 195 | + | her agency head, or to his or he r school director in the case of 104 |
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| 196 | + | a qualifying adoptive employee of a charter school or the 105 |
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| 197 | + | Florida Virtual School, to obtain the monetary benefit provided 106 |
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| 198 | + | in subsection (2). A veteran , or servicemember, or tax collector 107 |
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| 199 | + | employee must apply to the departmen t to obtain the benefit. A 108 |
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| 200 | + | law enforcement officer must apply to the Department of Law 109 |
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| 201 | + | Enforcement to obtain the benefit. Applications must be on forms 110 |
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| 212 | | - | parent. Monetary benefits shall be approved on a first-come, 111 |
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| 213 | | - | first-served basis based upon the date that each fully completed 112 |
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| 214 | | - | application is received by the department. 113 |
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| 215 | | - | (4) This section does not preclude a qualifying adoptive 114 |
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| 216 | | - | employee, veteran, servicemember, tax collector employee, or law 115 |
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| 217 | | - | enforcement officer from receiving adoption assistance for which 116 |
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| 218 | | - | he or she may qualify under s. 409.166 or any other statute that 117 |
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| 219 | | - | provides financial incentives for the adoption of children. 118 |
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| 220 | | - | (6) The department may adopt rules to administer this 119 |
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| 221 | | - | section. The rules m ay provide for an application process such 120 |
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| 222 | | - | as, but not limited to, an open enrollment period during which 121 |
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| 223 | | - | qualifying adoptive employees, veterans, servicemembers, tax 122 |
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| 224 | | - | collector employees, or law enforcement officers may apply for 123 |
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| 225 | | - | monetary benefits under th is section. 124 |
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| 226 | | - | Section 3. Section 445.09, Florida Statutes, is created to 125 |
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| 227 | | - | read: 126 |
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| 228 | | - | 445.09 Bonuses for tax collector employees.—Notwithstanding 127 |
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| 229 | | - | any other law to the contrary, a county tax collector may budget 128 |
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| 230 | | - | for and pay a hiring or retention bonus to an employee if the 129 |
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| 231 | | - | expenditure is approved by the Department of Revenue in the 130 |
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| 232 | | - | respective tax collector's budget or approved by the respective 131 |
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| 233 | | - | board of county commissioners after the budget is submitted to 132 |
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| 234 | | - | the Department of Revenue as set forth in s. 195.087( 2). 133 |
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| 235 | | - | Section 4. Subsection (6) is added to section 1003.48, 134 |
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| 236 | | - | Florida Statutes, to read: 135 |
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| 214 | + | approved by the department and must include a certified copy of 111 |
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| 215 | + | the final order of adoption naming the a pplicant as the adoptive 112 |
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| 216 | + | parent. Monetary benefits shall be approved on a first -come, 113 |
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| 217 | + | first-served basis based upon the date that each fully completed 114 |
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| 218 | + | application is received by the department. 115 |
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| 219 | + | (4) This section does not preclude a qualifying adoptive 116 |
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| 220 | + | employee, veteran, servicemember, tax collector employee, or law 117 |
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| 221 | + | enforcement officer from receiving adoption assistance for which 118 |
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| 222 | + | he or she may qualify under s. 409.166 or any other statute that 119 |
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| 223 | + | provides financial incentives for the adoption of children. 120 |
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| 224 | + | (6) The department may adopt rules to administer this 121 |
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| 225 | + | section. The rules may provide for an application process such 122 |
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| 226 | + | as, but not limited to, an open enrollment period during which 123 |
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| 227 | + | qualifying adoptive employees, veterans, servicemembers, tax 124 |
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| 228 | + | collector employees, or law enforcement officers may apply for 125 |
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| 229 | + | monetary benefits under this section. 126 |
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| 230 | + | Section 3. Section 445.09, Florida Statutes, is created to 127 |
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| 231 | + | read: 128 |
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| 232 | + | 445.09 Bonuses for tax collector employees.—Notwithstanding 129 |
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| 233 | + | any other law to the contrary, a county tax collector may budget 130 |
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| 234 | + | for and pay a hiring or retention bonus to an employee if the 131 |
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| 235 | + | expenditure is approved by the Department of Revenue in the 132 |
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| 236 | + | respective tax collector's budget or approved by the respective 133 |
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| 237 | + | board of county commissioners after the budge t is submitted to 134 |
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| 238 | + | the Department of Revenue as set forth in s. 195.087(2). 135 |
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| 249 | | - | 1003.48 Instruction in operation of motor vehicles. — 136 |
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| 250 | | - | (6) The district school board may contract with the county 137 |
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| 251 | | - | tax collector to authorize a tax collector employe e, as defined 138 |
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| 252 | | - | in s. 409.1664(1), to administer road tests on school grounds at 139 |
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| 253 | | - | one or more secondary schools within the district. 140 |
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| 254 | | - | Section 5. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 141 |
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| 251 | + | Section 4. Subsection (2) of section 1001.47, Florida 136 |
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| 252 | + | Statutes, is amended to read: 137 |
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| 253 | + | 1001.47 District school superintendent; salary. — 138 |
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| 254 | + | (2) Each elected district school superin tendent shall 139 |
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| 255 | + | receive a base salary, the amounts indicated in this subsection, 140 |
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| 256 | + | based on the population of the county the elected superintendent 141 |
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| 257 | + | serves. In addition, compensation shall be made for population 142 |
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| 258 | + | increments over the minimum for each population g roup, which 143 |
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| 259 | + | shall be determined by multiplying the population in excess of 144 |
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| 260 | + | the minimum for the group times the group rate. The product of 145 |
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| 261 | + | such calculation shall be added to the base salary to determine 146 |
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| 262 | + | the adjusted base salary. Laws that increase the base salary 147 |
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| 263 | + | provided in this subsection shall contain provisions on no other 148 |
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| 264 | + | subject. 149 |
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| 265 | + | 150 |
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| 266 | + | Pop. Group County Pop. Range |
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| 267 | + | Base |
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| 268 | + | Salary Group Rate |
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| 269 | + | 151 |
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| 270 | + | Minimum Maximum |
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| 271 | + | 152 |
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| 272 | + | I -0- 49,999 |
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| 273 | + | $26,250 |
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| 274 | + | $21,250 $0.07875 |
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| 275 | + | 153 |
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| 276 | + | II 50,000 99,999 |
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| 277 | + | 29,400 |
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| 278 | + | 24,400 0.06300 |
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| 280 | + | HB 505 2024 |
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| 287 | + | 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 |
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| 288 | + | |
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| 289 | + | |
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| 290 | + | |
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| 291 | + | 154 |
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| 292 | + | III 100,000 199,999 |
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| 293 | + | 32,550 |
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| 294 | + | 27,550 0.02625 |
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| 295 | + | 155 |
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| 296 | + | IV 200,000 399,999 |
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| 297 | + | 35,175 |
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| 298 | + | 30,175 0.01575 |
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| 299 | + | 156 |
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| 300 | + | V 400,000 999,999 |
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| 301 | + | 38,325 |
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| 302 | + | 33,325 0.00525 |
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| 303 | + | 157 |
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| 304 | + | VI 1,000,000 |
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| 305 | + | 41,475 |
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| 306 | + | 36,475 0.00400 |
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| 307 | + | 158 |
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| 308 | + | Section 5. Subsection (6) is added to section 1003.48, 159 |
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| 309 | + | Florida Statutes, to read: 160 |
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| 310 | + | 1003.48 Instruction in operation of motor vehicles. — 161 |
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| 311 | + | (6) The district school board may contract with the county 162 |
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| 312 | + | tax collector to authorize a tax collector employee, as defined 163 |
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| 313 | + | in s. 409.1664(1), to administer road tests on school grounds at 164 |
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| 314 | + | one or more secondary schools within the district. 165 |
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| 315 | + | Section 6. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 166 |
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