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    2         An act implementing the 2015-2016 General
    3         Appropriations Act; providing legislative intent;
    4         incorporating by reference certain calculations of the
    5         Florida Education Finance Program; providing that
    6         funds for instructional materials must be released and
    7         expended as required in specified proviso language;
    8         specifying the required ad valorem tax millage
    9         contribution by certain district school boards for
   10         certain funded construction projects; amending s.
   11         1002.385, F.S.; revising the definition of the term
   12         “disability” for purposes of the Florida Personal
   13         Learning Scholarship Accounts Program; revising
   14         program eligibility criteria and program prohibitions
   15         for such accounts; requiring that authorized program
   16         funds be used to support the student’s educational
   17         needs; authorizing program funds to be spent for
   18         tuition and fees for certain part-time tutoring
   19         services; revising the obligations of the Department
   20         of Education with respect to the program; revising the
   21         authority of the Commissioner of Education to deny,
   22         suspend, or revoke certain program participation and
   23         use of program funds; specifying maximum periods for
   24         certain suspensions and revocations; authorizing the
   25         commissioner to recover program funds through certain
   26         means; specifying priority for participation in the
   27         program; revising information that must be provided
   28         for the program by scholarship-funding organizations
   29         and parents of applicants; specifying priority for
   30         timely filed applications for wait-list purposes;
   31         requiring verification of expenditures based on
   32         certain requirements; revising funding and payment
   33         provisions for the program; amending s. 1002.395,
   34         F.S.; revising the surety bond or letter of credit
   35         requirements for nonprofit scholarship-funding
   36         organizations submitting initial or renewal
   37         scholarship program participation applications;
   38         amending s. 1011.62, F.S.; extending by 1 fiscal year
   39         the requirement that certain funds be used by school
   40         districts that have at least one of certain lowest
   41         performing elementary schools to provide specified
   42         additional intensive reading instruction; specifying
   43         for purposes of the 2015-2016 fiscal year that certain
   44         lowest-performing elementary schools shall be those
   45         identified during the 2014-2015 fiscal year;
   46         specifying requirements for the calculation of surplus
   47         for the prior period funding adjustment millage;
   48         revising the computation of the district sparsity
   49         index for districts with a specified full-time
   50         equivalent student membership; deleting obsolete
   51         language; revising the dates by which district school
   52         boards shall submit a digital classrooms plan;
   53         requiring the Department of Education to confirm that
   54         districts have completed certain requirements prior to
   55         a specified distribution of Florida digital classrooms
   56         allocation funds; requiring the department, in
   57         consultation with the Agency for State Technology, to
   58         contract with an independent third party entity to
   59         conduct an assessment of the digital readiness of each
   60         school district and public school; specifying
   61         requirements for the contracted entity; creating a
   62         federally connected student supplement for school
   63         districts; specifying eligibility requirements and
   64         calculations for allocations of the supplement;
   65         conforming cross-references; amending s. 1011.71,
   66         F.S.; conforming a cross-reference; providing for the
   67         future expiration and reversion of specified statutory
   68         text; amending s. 1012.75, F.S.; requiring the
   69         Department of Education to administer an educator
   70         liability insurance program for certain full-time
   71         instructional personnel; requiring district school
   72         boards to define certain terms; defining the term
   73         “instructional personnel”; requiring a minimum amount
   74         of coverage for full-time instructional personnel;
   75         authorizing liability coverage for other specified
   76         personnel; providing notification requirements;
   77         requiring the department to consult with the
   78         Department of Financial Services to select specified
   79         means for implementing the insurance program; revising
   80         community service work requirements for the Florida
   81         Bright Futures Scholarship Program; amending s.
   82         1008.46, F.S.; revising the deadline for the annual
   83         accountability report that must be submitted by the
   84         Board of Governors of the State University System;
   85         providing for the future expiration and reversion of
   86         specified statutory text; creating s. 1001.92, F.S.;
   87         requiring a State University System Performance-Based
   88         Incentive to be awarded to state universities using
   89         certain performance-based metrics and benchmarks
   90         adopted by the Board of Governors; specifying
   91         allocation of the funds; requiring certain funds to be
   92         withheld from, and certain improvement plans to be
   93         submitted to the board by, state universities based on
   94         specified performance; specifying monitoring and
   95         reporting requirements for the improvement plans;
   96         providing for the receipt of certain withheld funds by
   97         state universities that make satisfactory progress on
   98         implementing improvement plans; requiring certain
   99         distribution of performance funding; requiring the
  100         board to submit a certain report on the previous
  101         year’s performance funding allocation by a specified
  102         date to the Governor and the Legislature; requiring
  103         the State Board of Education to adopt certain
  104         performance metrics and benchmarks for the Florida
  105         College System Performance-Based Incentive; specifying
  106         allocation of the funds; requiring certain funds to be
  107         withheld from, and certain improvement plans to be
  108         submitted to the board by, institutions based on
  109         specified performance; specifying monitoring and
  110         reporting requirements for the improvement plans;
  111         requiring the withholding of certain funds until a
  112         monitoring report is approved by the board;
  113         authorizing the Office of Early Learning to allocate
  114         or reallocate funds held by the Child Care Executive
  115         Partnership Program for certain purposes related to
  116         child care or school readiness; establishing
  117         requirements for the release and expenditure of such
  118         funds; providing requirements governing the
  119         continuation, management, and oversight of the
  120         Department of Health’s Florida Onsite Sewage Nitrogen
  121         Reduction Strategies Study; authorizing the current
  122         contract to be extended until the study is completed;
  123         prohibiting a state agency from adopting or
  124         implementing certain rules or policies before the
  125         study is completed; authorizing the department to
  126         allow installation of experimental sewage treatment
  127         systems at home sites; amending s. 20.435, F.S.;
  128         revising the authorized uses of funds in the Medical
  129         Quality Assurance Trust Fund; authorizing the Agency
  130         for Health Care Administration to submit a budget
  131         amendment to realign funding based upon a specified
  132         model, methodology, and framework; specifying
  133         requirements for such realignment;
  134         prioritizing which categories of individuals on the
  135         wait list of the Agency for Persons with Disabilities
  136         shall be offered slots in the Medicaid home and
  137         community-based waiver programs; requiring that the
  138         Agency for Persons with Disabilities provide waiver
  139         services and that community-based care lead agencies
  140         provide certain funding and services for specified
  141         individuals who need waiver and extended foster care
  142         services; requiring an individual to be allowed to
  143         receive home and community-based services if his or
  144         her parent or guardian is an active-duty servicemember
  145         transferred to this state under certain circumstances;
  146         providing that individuals remaining on the wait list
  147         are not entitled to a hearing in accordance with
  148         federal law or administrative proceeding under state
  149         law; specifying the requirements that apply to the
  150         iBudgets of clients on the home and community-based
  151         services waiver until the Agency for Persons with
  152         Disabilities adopts a new allocation algorithm and
  153         methodology by final rule; providing for application
  154         of the new allocation algorithm and methodology after
  155         adoption of the final rule; providing requirements for
  156         an increase in iBudget funding allocations; amending
  157         s. 296.37, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year the
  158         requirement that certain residents of a veterans’
  159         nursing home contribute to their maintenance and
  160         support; amending s. 393.067, F.S.; deleting obsolete
  161         provisions; specifying that the Agency for Persons
  162         with Disabilities is not required to contract with
  163         certain licensed facilities; providing for the future
  164         expiration and reversion of specified statutory text;
  165         amending s. 393.18, F.S.; revising residency
  166         limitations for comprehensive transitional education
  167         programs; providing applicability; deleting provisions
  168         relating to licensure for such programs and certain
  169         facilities providing residential services for children
  170         who need behavioral services; providing for the future
  171         expiration and reversion of specified statutory text;
  172         requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to
  173         ensure that nursing facility residents who are
  174         eligible for funds to transition to home and
  175         community-based services waivers have resided in a
  176         skilled nursing facility residency for a specified
  177         period; requiring the Agency for Health Care
  178         Administration and the Department of Elderly Affairs
  179         to prioritize individuals for enrollment in the
  180         Medicaid Long-Term Care Waiver program using a certain
  181         frailty-based screening; authorizing the Agency for
  182         Health Care Administration to adopt rules and enter
  183         into certain interagency agreements with respect to
  184         program enrollment; authorizing the delegation of
  185         certain responsibilities with respect to program
  186         enrollment; authorizing the Agency for Health Care
  187         Administration, in consultation with the Department of
  188         Health, to submit a budget amendment to reflect
  189         certain enrollment changes within the Children’s
  190         Medical Services Network; authorizing the agency to
  191         submit a request for nonoperating budget authority to
  192         transfer federal funds to the Department of Health
  193         under certain circumstances; providing that certain
  194         funds provided for training purposes shall be
  195         allocated to community-based lead agencies based on a
  196         training needs assessment conducted by the Department
  197         of Children and Families; authorizing a Program of
  198         All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) organization
  199         granted certain enrollee slots for frail elders
  200         residing in Broward County to use the slots for
  201         enrollees residing in Miami-Dade County under certain
  202         circumstances; amending s. 893.055, F.S.; authorizing
  203         the Department of Health to use certain funds to
  204         administer the prescription drug monitoring program;
  205         prohibiting the use of funds received from a
  206         settlement agreement to administer the program;
  207         amending s. 216.262, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year
  208         the authority of the Department of Corrections to
  209         submit a budget amendment for additional positions and
  210         appropriations under certain circumstances;
  211         authorizing the Department of Legal Affairs to expend
  212         certain appropriated funds on programs that were
  213         funded by the department from specific appropriations
  214         in general appropriations acts in previous years;
  215         amending s. 932.7055, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal
  216         year the authority for a municipality to expend funds
  217         from its special law enforcement trust fund to
  218         reimburse its general fund for certain moneys;
  219         amending s. 215.18, F.S.; extending for 1 fiscal year
  220         the authority and related repayment requirements for
  221         trust fund loans to the state court system which are
  222         sufficient to meet the system’s appropriation;
  223         prohibiting the Department of Corrections from
  224         transferring funds from a salaries and benefits
  225         category to another category unless approved by the
  226         Legislative Budget Commission; requiring the
  227         Department of Juvenile Justice to review county
  228         juvenile detention payments to determine if the county
  229         has met specified financial responsibilities;
  230         requiring amounts owed by the county for such
  231         financial responsibilities to be deducted from certain
  232         county funds; requiring the Department of Revenue to
  233         ensure that such deductions do not reduce
  234         distributions below amounts necessary for certain
  235         payments relating to bonds; requiring the Department
  236         of Revenue to notify the Department of Juvenile
  237         Justice if bond payment requirements require a
  238         reduction in deductions for amounts owed by a county;
  239         directing the Department of Management Services to use
  240         tenant broker services to renegotiate or reprocure
  241         private lease agreements for office or storage space;
  242         requiring the Department of Management Services to
  243         provide a report to the Governor and the Legislature
  244         by a specified date; reenacting s. 624.502, F.S.,
  245         relating to the deposit of fees for service of process
  246         made upon the Chief Financial Officer or the Director
  247         of the Office of Insurance Regulation into the
  248         Administrative Trust Fund; providing for the future
  249         expiration and reversion of specified statutory text;
  250         reenacting s. 282.709(2)(a), F.S., relating to the
  251         creation and membership of the Joint Task Force on
  252         State Agency Law Enforcement Communications; providing
  253         for the future expiration and reversion of specified
  254         statutory text; specifying the amount of the
  255         transaction fee to be collected for use of the online
  256         procurement system; requiring the Department of
  257         Management Services to determine a means of notifying
  258         vendors of the fee change; amending s. 216.292, F.S.;
  259         authorizing the Agency for State Technology under
  260         specified circumstances to transfer certain funds for
  261         purposes related to the migration of cloud-ready
  262         applications to a certain cloud solution; amending s.
  263         161.143, F.S.; extending by 1 fiscal year the
  264         directive that the amount allocated for inlet
  265         management funding is provided in the General
  266         Appropriations Act; amending s. 259.105, F.S.;
  267         revising the distribution of certain proceeds from
  268         cash payments or bonds issued pursuant to the Florida
  269         Forever Act; authorizing certain funds to be
  270         transferred to the Division of State Lands within the
  271         Department of Environmental Protection for a specified
  272         purpose; amending s. 216.181, F.S.; extending by 1
  273         fiscal year the authority for the Legislative Budget
  274         Commission to increase amounts appropriated to the
  275         Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission or the
  276         Department of Environmental Protection for certain
  277         fixed capital outlay projects; amending s. 376.3071,
  278         F.S.; requiring the Department of Environmental
  279         Protection under specified circumstances to obligate
  280         moneys in the Inland Protection Trust Fund for certain
  281         items that otherwise would be paid by another state
  282         agency for state-funded petroleum contamination site
  283         rehabilitation; amending s. 381.0065, F.S.; revising
  284         the effective date for the future prohibition against
  285         the land application of septage from onsite treatment
  286         and disposal systems; providing for the future
  287         expiration and reversion of specified statutory text;
  288         amending s. 388.261, F.S.; increasing the percentage
  289         of annual funds appropriated for arthropod control
  290         which may be used for certain research and
  291         demonstration projects; amending s. 403.709, F.S.;
  292         establishing a solid waste landfill closure account
  293         within the Solid Waste Management Trust Fund;
  294         specifying the account’s purpose; authorizing the
  295         Department of Environmental Protection to use account
  296         funds to contract with a third party for the closing
  297         and long-term care of a solid waste management
  298         facility under specified circumstances; requiring the
  299         deposit of certain funds received from the closure
  300         insurance policy into the account; amending s. 215.18,
  301         F.S.; authorizing the Governor, if there is a
  302         specified deficiency in a land acquisition trust fund
  303         in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
  304         Services, the Department of Environmental Protection,
  305         the Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlife
  306         Conservation Commission, to transfer funds from other
  307         trust funds in the State Treasury as a temporary loan
  308         to such trust fund; providing procedures for the
  309         transfer and repayment of the loan; providing a
  310         legislative determination that the repayment of the
  311         temporary loan is a constitutionally allowable use of
  312         such moneys; authorizing the Department of Agriculture
  313         and Consumer Services, the Department of Environmental
  314         Protection, the Department of State, and the Fish and
  315         Wildlife Commission to submit a budget amendment to
  316         realign funding, to increase certain budget authority
  317         from trust funds, or to transfer trust funds in order
  318         to implement specified law; requiring the Department
  319         of Environmental Protection to transfer revenues
  320         deposited in the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within
  321         the department to land acquisition trust funds in the
  322         Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the
  323         Department of State, and the Fish and Wildlife
  324         Conservation Commission according to specified
  325         parameters and calculations; defining the term
  326         “department”; requiring the department to retain a
  327         proportionate share of revenues; specifying a limit on
  328         distributions; directing the Board of Trustees of the
  329         Internal Improvement Trust Fund to sell specified land
  330         in Osceola County and to deposit the net proceeds into
  331         a specified trust fund; requiring the Board of
  332         Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund to
  333         provide the University of South Florida Sarasota
  334         Manatee with the proceeds from the sale of certain
  335         parcel of state land; authorizing the Department of
  336         Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to extend its
  337         existing contract for driver license equipment and
  338         consumables under specified circumstances; requiring
  339         the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to
  340         contract with a specified corporation to manufacture
  341         license plates; specifying requirements to be met by
  342         the corporation in manufacturing such license plates;
  343         prohibiting the name of a county from appearing on
  344         redesigned license plates; amending s. 339.135, F.S.;
  345         requiring the Department of Transportation to use
  346         appropriated funds to support the establishment of a
  347         statewide system of interconnected multiuse trails and
  348         related facilities; prohibiting such funds from
  349         reducing, deleting, or deferring other projects funded
  350         as of a specified date; amending s. 339.2818, F.S.;
  351         revising the definition of the term “small county” for
  352         purposes of the Small County Outreach Program;
  353         reenacting s. 341.302(10), F.S., relating to the
  354         Department of Transportation’s duties and
  355         responsibilities for the rail program; providing for
  356         the future expiration and reversion of specified
  357         statutory text; amending s. 339.2816, F.S.; revising
  358         the amount of funding from the State Transportation
  359         Trust Fund that may be used for the Small County Road
  360         Assistance Program; providing for the future
  361         expiration and reversion of specified statutory text;
  362         amending s. 420.9072, F.S.; defining the term “rent
  363         subsidies”; authorizing a specified maximum percentage
  364         of funding from the local housing distribution to be
  365         used by counties and municipalities for certain rental
  366         assistance and rent subsidies; amending s. 420.5087,
  367         F.S.; specifying the reservation of funds for the
  368         tenant groups within each notice of fund availability
  369         with respect to the State Apartment Incentive Loan
  370         Program; providing applicability for certain
  371         provisions of the Florida Building Code; reenacting s.
  372         216.292(2)(a), F.S., relating to exceptions for
  373         nontransferable appropriations; providing for the
  374         future expiration and reversion of specified statutory
  375         text; prohibiting a state agency from initiating a
  376         competitive solicitation for a product or service
  377         under certain circumstances; providing an exception;
  378         authorizing the Executive Office of the Governor to
  379         transfer funds between departments for purposes of
  380         aligning amounts paid for risk management premiums and
  381         for human resource management services; amending s.
  382         112.24, F.S.; extending by 1 fiscal year the
  383         authorization, subject to specified requirements, for
  384         the assignment of an employee of a state agency under
  385         an employee interchange agreement; providing that the
  386         annual salaries of the members of the Legislature
  387         shall be maintained at a specified level; reenacting
  388         s. 215.32(2)(b), F.S., relating to the source and use
  389         of certain trust funds; providing for the future
  390         expiration and reversion of specified statutory text;
  391         providing a legislative determination that the
  392         issuance of new debt is in the best interests of the
  393         state; limiting the use of travel funds to activities
  394         that are critical to an agency’s mission; providing
  395         exceptions; authorizing the Executive Office of the
  396         Governor to transfer funds appropriated for data
  397         processing between agencies for a specified purpose;
  398         authorizing the Executive Office of the Governor to
  399         transfer funds appropriated for certain data
  400         processing services between departments for a
  401         specified purpose; prohibiting an agency from
  402         transferring funds from a data processing category to
  403         another category that is not a data processing
  404         category; authorizing the Executive Office of the
  405         Governor to transfer certain funds between agencies in
  406         order to allocate a reduction relating to SUNCOM
  407         Network services; reenacting s. 110.12315, F.S.,
  408         relating to the state employees’ prescription drug
  409         program; providing for the future expiration and
  410         reversion of specified statutory text; providing for
  411         the effect of a veto of one or more specific
  412         appropriations or proviso to which implementing
  413         language refers; providing for the continued operation
  414         of certain provisions notwithstanding a future repeal
  415         or expiration provided by the act; providing for
  416         construction of the act in pari materia with laws
  417         enacted during the 2015 Regular Session of the
  418         Legislature; providing severability; providing for
  419         contingent retroactive operation; providing effective
  420         dates.
  421          
  422  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
  423  
  424         Section 1. It is the intent of the Legislature that the
  425  implementing and administering provisions of this act apply to
  426  the General Appropriations Act for the 2015-2016 fiscal year.
  427         Section 2. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 7,
  428  8, 9, 90, and 91 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act,
  429  the calculations of the Florida Education Finance Program for
  430  the 2015-2016 fiscal year in the document titled “Public School
  431  Funding: The Florida Education Finance Program,” dated June 16,
  432  2015, and filed with the Secretary of the Senate, are
  433  incorporated by reference for the purpose of displaying the
  434  calculations used by the Legislature, consistent with the
  435  requirements of state law, in making appropriations for the
  436  Florida Education Finance Program. This section expires July 1,
  437  2016.
  438         Section 3. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 7
  439  and 90 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act and
  440  notwithstanding ss. 1002.20, 1003.02, 1006.28-1006.42,
  441  1011.62(6)(b)5., and 1011.67, Florida Statutes, relating to the
  442  expenditure of funds provided for instructional materials, for
  443  the 2015-2016 fiscal year, funds provided for instructional
  444  materials shall be released and expended as required in the
  445  proviso language for Specific Appropriation 90 of the 2015-2016
  446  General Appropriations Act. This section expires July 1, 2016.
  447         Section 4. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 22
  448  of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act and notwithstanding
  449  s. 1013.64(2), Florida Statutes, any district school board that
  450  generates less than $2 million in revenue from a 1-mill levy of
  451  ad valorem tax shall contribute 0.75 mill for the 2015-2016
  452  fiscal year toward the cost of funded special facilities
  453  construction projects. This section expires July 1, 2016.
  454         Section 5. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 105
  455  of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (d) of
  456  subsection (2), paragraph (a) of subsection (3), paragraph (a)
  457  of subsection (4), subsection (5), paragraph (e) of subsection
  458  (9), paragraph (a) of subsection (10), paragraphs (a), (d), and
  459  (f) of subsection (12), and paragraphs (a), (b), (d), and (e) of
  460  subsection (13) of section 1002.385, Florida Statutes, are
  461  amended to read:
  462         1002.385 Florida personal learning scholarship accounts.—
  463         (2) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section, the term:
  464         (d) “Disability” means, for a 3- or 4-year-old child or for
  465  a student in kindergarten to grade 12, autism spectrum disorder,
  466  as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
  467  Disorders, Fifth Edition, published by the American Psychiatric
  468  Association as defined in s. 393.063(3); cerebral palsy, as
  469  defined in s. 393.063(4); Down syndrome, as defined in s.
  470  393.063(13); an intellectual disability, as defined in s.
  471  393.063(21); Prader-Willi syndrome, as defined in s.
  472  393.063(25); or spina bifida, as defined in s. 393.063(36); for
  473  a student in kindergarten, being a high-risk child, as defined
  474  in s. 393.063(20)(a); muscular dystrophy; and Williams syndrome.
  475         (3) PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY.—A parent of a student with a
  476  disability may request and receive from the state a Florida
  477  personal learning scholarship account for the purposes specified
  478  in subsection (5) if:
  479         (a) The student:
  480         1. Is a resident of this state;
  481         2. Is or will be 3 or 4 years old on or before September 1
  482  of the year in which the student applies for program
  483  participation, or is eligible to enroll in kindergarten through
  484  grade 12 in a public school in this state;
  485         3. Has a disability as defined in paragraph (2)(d); and
  486         4. Is the subject of an IEP written in accordance with
  487  rules of the State Board of Education or has received a
  488  diagnosis of a disability as defined in subsection (2) from a
  489  physician who is licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459 or a
  490  psychologist who is licensed in this state.
  491         (4) PROGRAM PROHIBITIONS.—
  492         (a) A student is not eligible for the program while he or
  493  she is:
  494         1. Enrolled in a public school, including, but not limited
  495  to, the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind; the Florida
  496  Virtual School; the College-Preparatory Boarding Academy; a
  497  developmental research school authorized under s. 1002.32; a
  498  charter school authorized under s. 1002.33, s. 1002.331, or s.
  499  1002.332; or a virtual education program authorized under s.
  500  1002.45;
  501         2.Enrolled in the Voluntary Prekindergarten Education
  502  Program authorized under part V of this chapter;
  503         3.2. Enrolled in a school operating for the purpose of
  504  providing educational services to youth in the Department of
  505  Juvenile Justice commitment programs;
  506         4.3. Receiving a scholarship pursuant to the Florida Tax
  507  Credit Scholarship Program under s. 1002.395 or the John M.
  508  McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program under
  509  s. 1002.39; or
  510         5.4. Receiving any other educational scholarship pursuant
  511  to this chapter.
  512  
  513  For purposes of subparagraph 1., a 3- or 4-year-old child who
  514  receives services that are funded through the Florida Education
  515  Finance Program is considered to be a student enrolled in a
  516  public school.
  517         (5) AUTHORIZED USES OF PROGRAM FUNDS.—Program funds must be
  518  used to meet the individual educational needs of an eligible
  519  student and may be spent for the following purposes:
  520         (a) Instructional materials, including digital devices,
  521  digital periphery devices, and assistive technology devices that
  522  allow a student to access instruction or instructional content.
  523         (b) Curriculum as defined in paragraph (2)(b).
  524         (c) Specialized services by approved providers that are
  525  selected by the parent. These specialized services may include,
  526  but are not limited to:
  527         1. Applied behavior analysis services as provided in ss.
  528  627.6686 and 641.31098.
  529         2. Services provided by speech-language pathologists as
  530  defined in s. 468.1125.
  531         3. Occupational therapy services as defined in s. 468.203.
  532         4. Services provided by physical therapists as defined in
  533  s. 486.021.
  534         5. Services provided by listening and spoken language
  535  specialists and an appropriate acoustical environment for a
  536  child who is deaf or hard of hearing and who has received an
  537  implant or assistive hearing device.
  538         (d) Enrollment in, or tuition or fees associated with
  539  enrollment in, an eligible private school, an eligible
  540  postsecondary educational institution, a private tutoring
  541  program authorized under s. 1002.43, a virtual program offered
  542  by a department-approved private online provider that meets the
  543  provider qualifications specified in s. 1002.45(2)(a), the
  544  Florida Virtual School as a private paying student, or an
  545  approved online course offered pursuant to s. 1003.499 or s.
  546  1004.0961.
  547         (e) Fees for nationally standardized, norm-referenced
  548  achievement tests, Advanced Placement Examinations, industry
  549  certification examinations, assessments related to postsecondary
  550  education, or other assessments.
  551         (f) Contributions to the Stanley G. Tate Florida Prepaid
  552  College Program pursuant to s. 1009.98, for the benefit of the
  553  eligible student.
  554         (g) Contracted services provided by a public school or
  555  school district, including classes. A student who receives
  556  services under a contract under this paragraph is not considered
  557  enrolled in a public school for eligibility purposes as
  558  specified in subsection (4).
  559         (h) Tuition and fees for part-time tutoring services
  560  provided by a person who holds a valid Florida educator’s
  561  certificate pursuant to s. 1012.56, a person who holds an
  562  adjunct teaching certificate pursuant to s. 1012.57, or a person
  563  who has demonstrated a mastery of subject area knowledge
  564  pursuant to s. 1012.56(5). The term “part-time tutoring
  565  services” as used in this paragraph does not meet the definition
  566  of the term “regular school attendance” in s. 1003.01(13)(e).
  567  
  568  A specialized service provider, eligible private school,
  569  eligible postsecondary educational institution, private tutoring
  570  program provider, online or virtual program provider, public
  571  school, school district, or other entity receiving payments
  572  pursuant to this subsection may not share, refund, or rebate any
  573  moneys from the Florida Personal learning scholarship account
  574  with the parent or participating student in any manner.
  575         (9) DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OBLIGATIONS.—The department
  576  shall:
  577         (e) Compare the list of students participating in the
  578  program with the public school student enrollment lists and the
  579  list of students participating in school choice scholarship
  580  programs established pursuant to ss. 1002.38, 1002.39, and
  581  1002.395, throughout the school year, before each program
  582  payment to avoid duplicate payments and confirm program
  583  eligibility.
  584         (10) COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION AUTHORITY AND OBLIGATIONS.—
  585         (a) The Commissioner of Education:
  586         1. Shall deny, suspend, or revoke a student’s participation
  587  in the program if the health, safety, or welfare of the student
  588  is threatened or fraud is suspected.
  589         2. Shall deny, suspend, or revoke an authorized use of
  590  program funds if the health, safety, or welfare of the student
  591  is threatened or fraud is suspected.
  592         3. May deny, suspend, or revoke an authorized use of
  593  program funds for material failure to comply with this section
  594  and applicable department rules if the noncompliance is
  595  correctable within a reasonable period of time. Otherwise, the
  596  commissioner shall deny, suspend, or revoke an authorized use
  597  for failure to materially comply with the law and rules adopted
  598  under this section.
  599         4. Shall require compliance by the appropriate party by a
  600  date certain for all nonmaterial failures to comply with this
  601  section and applicable department rules.
  602         5.Notwithstanding other provisions of this section, the
  603  commissioner may deny, suspend, or revoke program participation
  604  or use of program funds by the student; or participation or
  605  eligibility of an organization, eligible private school,
  606  eligible postsecondary educational institution, approved
  607  provider, or other appropriate party, for a violation of this
  608  section. The commissioner may determine the length of, and
  609  conditions for lifting, the suspension or revocation specified
  610  in this paragraph. The length of suspension or revocation may
  611  not exceed 5 years, except for instances of fraud, in which case
  612  the length of suspension or revocation may not exceed 10 years.
  613  The commissioner may employ mechanisms allowed by law to recover
  614  unexpended program funds or withhold payment of an equal amount
  615  of program funds to recover program funds that were not
  616  authorized for use under this section thereafter.
  617         (12) ADMINISTRATION OF PERSONAL LEARNING SCHOLARSHIP
  618  ACCOUNTS.—An eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization
  619  participating in the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program
  620  established under s. 1002.395 may establish personal learning
  621  scholarship accounts for eligible students by:
  622         (a) Receiving applications and determining student
  623  eligibility in accordance with the requirements of this section.
  624         1. First priority shall be provided to eligible student
  625  renewals from the 2014-2015 school year. For initial program
  626  participation, preference must first be provided to students
  627  retained on a wait list created by the organization in the order
  628  that completed applications are approved. The organization shall
  629  notify the department of the applicants for the program by March
  630  1 before the school year in which the student intends to
  631  participate.
  632         2. When an application is received, the scholarship-funding
  633  scholarship funding organization must provide the department
  634  with information provided by the parent on the student to enable
  635  the department to report the student for funding in accordance
  636  with subsection (13). Such information must include, as a final
  637  condition of eligibility, one of the following verifiable
  638  documents:
  639         a. A filed public school withdrawal form;
  640         b. A letter of admission or enrollment in an eligible
  641  private school;
  642         c. Documentation consisting of a notice to establish and
  643  maintain a home education program or a copy of the student’s
  644  annual educational evaluation pursuant to s. 1002.41; or
  645         d. A formal notification from a private school that has
  646  withdrawn the student from a program identified in s. 1002.38,
  647  s. 1002.39, or s. 1002.395.
  648         (d) Establishing a date and process by which students on
  649  the wait list or late-filing applicants may be allowed to
  650  participate in the program during the school year, within the
  651  amount of funds provided for this program in the General
  652  Appropriations Act. The process must allow timely filed,
  653  completed applications to take precedence before late-filed,
  654  completed applications for purposes of creating a wait list for
  655  participation in the program.
  656         (f) Verifying qualifying expenditures pursuant to the
  657  requirements of subsection (5) paragraph (8)(b).
  658         (13) FUNDING AND PAYMENT.—
  659         (a)1. The maximum funding amount granted for an eligible
  660  student with a disability, pursuant to this section subsection
  661  (3), shall be equivalent to the base student allocation in the
  662  Florida Education Finance Program multiplied by the appropriate
  663  cost factor for the educational program which would have been
  664  provided for the student in the district school to which he or
  665  she would have been assigned, multiplied by the district cost
  666  differential.
  667         2. In addition, an amount equivalent to a share of the
  668  guaranteed allocation for exceptional students in the Florida
  669  Education Finance Program shall be determined and added to the
  670  amount in subparagraph 1. The calculation shall be based on the
  671  methodology and the data used to calculate the guaranteed
  672  allocation for exceptional students for each district in chapter
  673  2000-166, Laws of Florida. Except as provided in subparagraph
  674  3., the calculation shall be based on the student’s grade, the
  675  matrix level of services, and the difference between the 2000
  676  2001 basic program and the appropriate level of services cost
  677  factor, multiplied by the 2000-2001 base student allocation and
  678  the 2000-2001 district cost differential for the sending
  679  district. The calculated amount must also include an amount
  680  equivalent to the per-student share of supplemental academic
  681  instruction funds, instructional materials funds, technology
  682  funds, and other categorical funds as provided in the General
  683  Appropriations Act.
  684         3. Except as otherwise provided, the calculation for all
  685  students participating in the program shall be based on the
  686  matrix that assigns the student to support Level III of
  687  services. If a parent chooses to request and receive a matrix of
  688  services from the school district, when the school district
  689  completes the matrix, the amount of the payment shall be
  690  adjusted as needed.
  691         (b) The amount of the awarded funds shall be 90 percent of
  692  the calculated amount. One hundred percent of the funds
  693  appropriated for the program shall be released to the department
  694  at the beginning of the first quarter of each fiscal year.
  695  Program funds include both the awarded funds and the accrued
  696  interest. Once student eligibility has been confirmed by the
  697  scholarship funding organization and communicated to the
  698  department, notwithstanding paragraph (9)(e), the department
  699  shall make payment of the awarded funds in full to the
  700  scholarship-funding organization for deposit into the student’s
  701  account.
  702         (d) The eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization
  703  shall develop a system for payment of benefits by electronic
  704  funds transfer, including, but not limited to, debit cards,
  705  electronic payment cards, or any other means of electronic
  706  payment that the department deems to be commercially viable or
  707  cost-effective. Commodities or services related to the
  708  development of such a system shall be procured by competitive
  709  solicitation unless they are purchased from a state term
  710  contract pursuant to s. 287.056.
  711         (e) Moneys received pursuant to this section do not
  712  constitute taxable income to the student or parent of the
  713  qualified student.
  714         Section 6. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 105
  715  of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, paragraphs (a) and
  716  (b) of subsection (16) of section 1002.395, Florida Statutes,
  717  are amended to read:
  718         1002.395 Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program.—
  719         (16) NONPROFIT SCHOLARSHIP-FUNDING ORGANIZATIONS;
  720  APPLICATION.—In order to participate in the scholarship program
  721  created under this section, a charitable organization that seeks
  722  to be a nonprofit scholarship-funding organization must submit
  723  an application for initial approval or renewal to the Office of
  724  Independent Education and Parental Choice no later than
  725  September 1 of each year before the school year for which the
  726  organization intends to offer scholarships.
  727         (a) An application for initial approval must include:
  728         1. A copy of the organization’s incorporation documents and
  729  registration with the Division of Corporations of the Department
  730  of State.
  731         2. A copy of the organization’s Internal Revenue Service
  732  determination letter as a s. 501(c)(3) not-for-profit
  733  organization.
  734         3. A description of the organization’s financial plan that
  735  demonstrates sufficient funds to operate throughout the school
  736  year.
  737         4. A description of the geographic region that the
  738  organization intends to serve and an analysis of the demand and
  739  unmet need for eligible students in that area.
  740         5. The organization’s organizational chart.
  741         6. A description of the criteria and methodology that the
  742  organization will use to evaluate scholarship eligibility.
  743         7. A description of the application process, including
  744  deadlines and any associated fees.
  745         8. A description of the deadlines for attendance
  746  verification and scholarship payments.
  747         9. A copy of the organization’s policies on conflict of
  748  interest and whistleblowers.
  749         10. A copy of a surety bond or letter of credit in an
  750  amount equal to 25 percent of the scholarship funds anticipated
  751  for each school year or $100,000, whichever is greater,
  752  specifying that any claim against the bond or letter of credit
  753  may be made only by an eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding
  754  organization to provide scholarships to and on behalf of
  755  students who would have had scholarships funded but for the
  756  diversion of funds giving rise to the claim against the bond or
  757  letter of credit.
  758         (b) In addition to the information required by
  759  subparagraphs (a)1.-9., an application for renewal must include:
  760         1. A surety bond or letter of credit equal to the amount of
  761  undisbursed donations held by the organization based on the
  762  annual report submitted pursuant to paragraph (6)(m). The amount
  763  of the surety bond or letter of credit must be at least
  764  $100,000, but not more than $25 million, specifying that any
  765  claim against the bond or letter of credit may be made only by
  766  an eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization to
  767  provide scholarships to and on behalf of students who would have
  768  had scholarships funded but for the diversion of funds giving
  769  rise to the claim against the bond or letter of credit.
  770         2. The organization’s completed Internal Revenue Service
  771  Form 990 submitted no later than November 30 of the year before
  772  the school year that the organization intends to offer the
  773  scholarships, notwithstanding the September 1 application
  774  deadline.
  775         3. A copy of the statutorily required audit to the
  776  Department of Education and Auditor General.
  777         4. An annual report that includes:
  778         a. The number of students who completed applications, by
  779  county and by grade.
  780         b. The number of students who were approved for
  781  scholarships, by county and by grade.
  782         c. The number of students who received funding for
  783  scholarships within each funding category, by county and by
  784  grade.
  785         d. The amount of funds received, the amount of funds
  786  distributed in scholarships, and an accounting of remaining
  787  funds and the obligation of those funds.
  788         e. A detailed accounting of how the organization spent the
  789  administrative funds allowable under paragraph (6)(j).
  790         Section 7. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 7
  791  and 90 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, paragraph
  792  (f) of subsection (1), paragraphs (a) and (e) of subsection (4),
  793  paragraph (b) of subsection (7), paragraph (a) of subsection
  794  (9), paragraphs (b) and (c) of subsection (12), and present
  795  subsection (13) of section 1011.62, Florida Statutes, are
  796  amended, paragraph (g) is added to subsection (12) of that
  797  section, present subsections (13), (14), and (15) of that
  798  section are redesignated as subsections (14), (15), and (16),
  799  respectively, and a new subsection (13) is added to that
  800  section, to read:
  801         1011.62 Funds for operation of schools.—If the annual
  802  allocation from the Florida Education Finance Program to each
  803  district for operation of schools is not determined in the
  804  annual appropriations act or the substantive bill implementing
  805  the annual appropriations act, it shall be determined as
  806  follows:
  807         (1) COMPUTATION OF THE BASIC AMOUNT TO BE INCLUDED FOR
  808  OPERATION.—The following procedure shall be followed in
  809  determining the annual allocation to each district for
  810  operation:
  811         (f) Supplemental academic instruction; categorical fund.—
  812         1. There is created a categorical fund to provide
  813  supplemental academic instruction to students in kindergarten
  814  through grade 12. This paragraph may be cited as the
  815  “Supplemental Academic Instruction Categorical Fund.”
  816         2. Categorical funds for supplemental academic instruction
  817  shall be allocated annually to each school district in the
  818  amount provided in the General Appropriations Act. These funds
  819  shall be in addition to the funds appropriated on the basis of
  820  FTE student membership in the Florida Education Finance Program
  821  and shall be included in the total potential funds of each
  822  district. These funds shall be used to provide supplemental
  823  academic instruction to students enrolled in the K-12 program.
  824  For the 2015-2016 2014-2015 fiscal year, each school district
  825  that has one or more of the 300 lowest-performing elementary
  826  schools based on the state reading assessment shall use these
  827  funds, together with the funds provided in the district’s
  828  research-based reading instruction allocation and other
  829  available funds, to provide an additional hour of instruction
  830  beyond the normal school day for each day of the entire school
  831  year for intensive reading instruction for the students in each
  832  of these schools. This additional hour of instruction must be
  833  provided by teachers or reading specialists who are effective in
  834  teaching reading or by a K-5 mentoring reading program that is
  835  supervised by a teacher who is effective at teaching reading.
  836  Students enrolled in these schools who have Level 5 assessment
  837  scores may participate in the additional hour of instruction on
  838  an optional basis. Exceptional student education centers may
  839  shall not be included in the 300 schools. For the 2015-2016
  840  fiscal year, the 300 lowest-performing schools shall be the same
  841  schools as identified for the 2014-2015 fiscal year. After this
  842  requirement has been met, supplemental instruction strategies
  843  may include, but are not limited to: modified curriculum,
  844  reading instruction, after-school instruction, tutoring,
  845  mentoring, class size reduction, extended school year, intensive
  846  skills development in summer school, and other methods for
  847  improving student achievement. Supplemental instruction may be
  848  provided to a student in any manner and at any time during or
  849  beyond the regular 180-day term identified by the school as
  850  being the most effective and efficient way to best help that
  851  student progress from grade to grade and to graduate.
  852         3. Effective with the 1999-2000 fiscal year, funding on the
  853  basis of FTE membership beyond the 180-day regular term shall be
  854  provided in the FEFP only for students enrolled in juvenile
  855  justice education programs or in education programs for
  856  juveniles placed in secure facilities or programs under s.
  857  985.19. Funding for instruction beyond the regular 180-day
  858  school year for all other K-12 students shall be provided
  859  through the supplemental academic instruction categorical fund
  860  and other state, federal, and local fund sources with ample
  861  flexibility for schools to provide supplemental instruction to
  862  assist students in progressing from grade to grade and
  863  graduating.
  864         4. The Florida State University School, as a lab school, is
  865  authorized to expend from its FEFP or Lottery Enhancement Trust
  866  Fund allocation the cost to the student of remediation in
  867  reading, writing, or mathematics for any graduate who requires
  868  remediation at a postsecondary educational institution.
  869         5. Beginning in the 1999-2000 school year, dropout
  870  prevention programs as defined in ss. 1003.52, 1003.53(1)(a),
  871  (b), and (c), and 1003.54 shall be included in group 1 programs
  872  under subparagraph (d)3.
  873         (4) COMPUTATION OF DISTRICT REQUIRED LOCAL EFFORT.—The
  874  Legislature shall prescribe the aggregate required local effort
  875  for all school districts collectively as an item in the General
  876  Appropriations Act for each fiscal year. The amount that each
  877  district shall provide annually toward the cost of the Florida
  878  Education Finance Program for kindergarten through grade 12
  879  programs shall be calculated as follows:
  880         (a) Estimated taxable value calculations.—
  881         1.a. Not later than 2 working days prior to July 19, the
  882  Department of Revenue shall certify to the Commissioner of
  883  Education its most recent estimate of the taxable value for
  884  school purposes in each school district and the total for all
  885  school districts in the state for the current calendar year
  886  based on the latest available data obtained from the local
  887  property appraisers. The value certified shall be the taxable
  888  value for school purposes for that year, and no further
  889  adjustments shall be made, except those made pursuant to
  890  paragraphs (c) and (d), or an assessment roll change required by
  891  final judicial decisions as specified in paragraph (15)(b)
  892  (14)(b). Not later than July 19, the Commissioner of Education
  893  shall compute a millage rate, rounded to the next highest one
  894  one-thousandth of a mill, which, when applied to 96 percent of
  895  the estimated state total taxable value for school purposes,
  896  would generate the prescribed aggregate required local effort
  897  for that year for all districts. The Commissioner of Education
  898  shall certify to each district school board the millage rate,
  899  computed as prescribed in this subparagraph, as the minimum
  900  millage rate necessary to provide the district required local
  901  effort for that year.
  902         b. The General Appropriations Act shall direct the
  903  computation of the statewide adjusted aggregate amount for
  904  required local effort for all school districts collectively from
  905  ad valorem taxes to ensure that no school district’s revenue
  906  from required local effort millage will produce more than 90
  907  percent of the district’s total Florida Education Finance
  908  Program calculation as calculated and adopted by the
  909  Legislature, and the adjustment of the required local effort
  910  millage rate of each district that produces more than 90 percent
  911  of its total Florida Education Finance Program entitlement to a
  912  level that will produce only 90 percent of its total Florida
  913  Education Finance Program entitlement in the July calculation.
  914         2. On the same date as the certification in sub
  915  subparagraph 1.a., the Department of Revenue shall certify to
  916  the Commissioner of Education for each district:
  917         a. Each year for which the property appraiser has certified
  918  the taxable value pursuant to s. 193.122(2) or (3), if
  919  applicable, since the prior certification under sub-subparagraph
  920  1.a.
  921         b. For each year identified in sub-subparagraph a., the
  922  taxable value certified by the appraiser pursuant to s.
  923  193.122(2) or (3), if applicable, since the prior certification
  924  under sub-subparagraph 1.a. This is the certification that
  925  reflects all final administrative actions of the value
  926  adjustment board.
  927         (e) Prior period funding adjustment millage.—
  928         1. There shall be an additional millage to be known as the
  929  Prior Period Funding Adjustment Millage levied by a school
  930  district if the prior period unrealized required local effort
  931  funds are greater than zero. The Commissioner of Education shall
  932  calculate the amount of the prior period unrealized required
  933  local effort funds as specified in subparagraph 2. and the
  934  millage required to generate that amount as specified in this
  935  subparagraph. The Prior Period Funding Adjustment Millage shall
  936  be the quotient of the prior period unrealized required local
  937  effort funds divided by the current year taxable value certified
  938  to the Commissioner of Education pursuant to sub-subparagraph
  939  (a)1.a. This levy shall be in addition to the required local
  940  effort millage certified pursuant to this subsection. Such
  941  millage shall not affect the calculation of the current year’s
  942  required local effort, and the funds generated by such levy
  943  shall not be included in the district’s Florida Education
  944  Finance Program allocation for that fiscal year. For purposes of
  945  the millage to be included on the Notice of Proposed Taxes, the
  946  Commissioner of Education shall adjust the required local effort
  947  millage computed pursuant to paragraph (a) as adjusted by
  948  paragraph (b) for the current year for any district that levies
  949  a Prior Period Funding Adjustment Millage to include all Prior
  950  Period Funding Adjustment Millage. For the purpose of this
  951  paragraph, there shall be a Prior Period Funding Adjustment
  952  Millage levied for each year certified by the Department of
  953  Revenue pursuant to sub-subparagraph (a)2.a. since the previous
  954  year certification and for which the calculation in sub
  955  subparagraph 2.b. is greater than zero.
  956         2.a. As used in this subparagraph, the term:
  957         (I) “Prior year” means a year certified under sub
  958  subparagraph (a)2.a.
  959         (II) “Preliminary taxable value” means:
  960         (A) If the prior year is the 2009-2010 fiscal year or
  961  later, the taxable value certified to the Commissioner of
  962  Education pursuant to sub-subparagraph (a)1.a.
  963         (B) If the prior year is the 2008-2009 fiscal year or
  964  earlier, the taxable value certified pursuant to the final
  965  calculation as specified in former paragraph (b) as that
  966  paragraph existed in the prior year.
  967         (III) “Final taxable value” means the district’s taxable
  968  value as certified by the property appraiser pursuant to s.
  969  193.122(2) or (3), if applicable. This is the certification that
  970  reflects all final administrative actions of the value
  971  adjustment board.
  972         b. For purposes of this subsection and with respect to each
  973  year certified pursuant to sub-subparagraph (a)2.a., if the
  974  district’s prior year preliminary taxable value is greater than
  975  the district’s prior year final taxable value, the prior period
  976  unrealized required local effort funds are the difference
  977  between the district’s prior year preliminary taxable value and
  978  the district’s prior year final taxable value, multiplied by the
  979  prior year district required local effort millage. If the
  980  district’s prior year preliminary taxable value is less than the
  981  district’s prior year final taxable value, the prior period
  982  unrealized required local effort funds are zero.
  983         c. For the 2015-2016 2014-2015 fiscal year only, if a
  984  district’s prior period unrealized required local effort funds
  985  and prior period district required local effort millage cannot
  986  be determined because such district’s final taxable value has
  987  not yet been certified pursuant to s. 193.122(2) or (3), for the
  988  2015 2014 tax levy, the Prior Period Funding Adjustment Millage
  989  for such fiscal year shall be levied, if not previously levied,
  990  in 2015 2014 in an amount equal to 75 percent of such district’s
  991  most recent unrealized required local effort for which a Prior
  992  Period Funding Adjustment Millage was determined as provided in
  993  this section. Upon certification of the final taxable value for
  994  the 2012, 2013, or 2014 tax rolls roll in accordance with s.
  995  193.122(2) or (3), the Prior Period Funding Adjustment Millage
  996  levied in 2015 and 2016 shall be adjusted to include any
  997  shortfall or surplus in the prior period unrealized required
  998  local effort funds that would have been levied in 2014 or 2015,
  999  had the district’s final taxable value been certified pursuant
 1000  to s. 193.122(2) or (3) for the 2014 or 2015 tax levy. If this
 1001  adjustment is made for a surplus, the reduction in prior period
 1002  millage may not exceed the prior period funding adjustment
 1003  millage calculated pursuant to subparagraph 1. and sub
 1004  subparagraphs a. and b. and any additional reduction shall be
 1005  carried forward to the subsequent fiscal year This provision
 1006  shall be implemented by a district only if the millage
 1007  calculated pursuant to this paragraph when added to the millage
 1008  levied by the district for all purposes for the 2014-2015 fiscal
 1009  year is less than or equal to the total millage levied for the
 1010  2013-2014 fiscal year. This sub-subparagraph expires July 1,
 1011  2015.
 1012         (7) DETERMINATION OF SPARSITY SUPPLEMENT.—
 1013         (b) The district sparsity index shall be computed by
 1014  dividing the total number of full-time equivalent students in
 1015  all programs in the district by the number of senior high school
 1016  centers in the district, not in excess of three, which centers
 1017  are approved as permanent centers by a survey made by the
 1018  Department of Education. For districts with a full-time
 1019  equivalent student membership of at least 20,000, but no more
 1020  than 24,000, the index shall be computed by dividing the total
 1021  number of full-time equivalent students in all programs by the
 1022  number of permanent senior high school centers in the district,
 1023  not to exceed four.
 1024         (9) RESEARCH-BASED READING INSTRUCTION ALLOCATION.—
 1025         (a) The research-based reading instruction allocation is
 1026  created to provide comprehensive reading instruction to students
 1027  in kindergarten through grade 12. For the 2015-2016 2014-2015
 1028  fiscal year, in each school district that has one or more of the
 1029  300 lowest-performing elementary schools based on the state
 1030  reading assessment, priority shall be given to providing an
 1031  additional hour per day of intensive reading instruction beyond
 1032  the normal school day for each day of the entire school year for
 1033  the students in each school. For the 2015-2016 fiscal year, the
 1034  300 lowest-performing schools shall be the same schools as
 1035  identified for the 2014-2015 fiscal year. Students enrolled in
 1036  these schools who have Level 5 assessment scores may participate
 1037  in the additional hour of instruction on an optional basis.
 1038  Exceptional student education centers may shall not be included
 1039  in the 300 schools. The intensive reading instruction delivered
 1040  in this additional hour and for other students shall include:
 1041  research-based reading instruction that has been proven to
 1042  accelerate progress of students exhibiting a reading deficiency;
 1043  differentiated instruction based on student assessment data to
 1044  meet students’ specific reading needs; explicit and systematic
 1045  reading development in phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency,
 1046  vocabulary, and comprehension, with more extensive opportunities
 1047  for guided practice, error correction, and feedback; and the
 1048  integration of social studies, science, and mathematics-text
 1049  reading, text discussion, and writing in response to reading.
 1050  For the 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 fiscal years, a school district
 1051  may not hire more reading coaches than were hired during the
 1052  2011-2012 fiscal year unless all students in kindergarten
 1053  through grade 5 who demonstrate a reading deficiency, as
 1054  determined by district and state assessments, including students
 1055  scoring Level 1 or Level 2 on the statewide, standardized
 1056  reading assessment or, upon implementation, the English Language
 1057  Arts assessment, are provided an additional hour per day of
 1058  intensive reading instruction beyond the normal school day for
 1059  each day of the entire school year.
 1060         (12) FLORIDA DIGITAL CLASSROOMS ALLOCATION.—
 1061         (b) Each district school board shall adopt a district
 1062  digital classrooms plan that meets the unique needs of students,
 1063  schools, and personnel and submit the plan for approval to the
 1064  Department of Education. In addition, each district school board
 1065  must, at a minimum, seek input from the district’s
 1066  instructional, curriculum, and information technology staff to
 1067  develop the district digital classrooms plan. The district’s
 1068  plan must be within the general parameters established in the
 1069  Florida digital classrooms plan pursuant to s. 1001.20. In
 1070  addition, if the district participates in federal technology
 1071  initiatives and grant programs, the district digital classrooms
 1072  plan must include a plan for meeting requirements of such
 1073  initiatives and grant programs. Funds allocated under this
 1074  subsection must be used to support implementation of district
 1075  digital classrooms plans. By October 1, 2015 2014, for the 2015
 1076  2016 fiscal year, and by October March 1 of each year
 1077  thereafter, on a date determined by the department, each
 1078  district school board shall submit to the department, in a
 1079  format prescribed by the department, a digital classrooms plan.
 1080  At a minimum, such plan must include, and be annually updated to
 1081  reflect, the following:
 1082         1. Measurable student performance outcomes. Outcomes
 1083  related to student performance, including outcomes for students
 1084  with disabilities, must be tied to the efforts and strategies to
 1085  improve outcomes related to student performance by integrating
 1086  technology in classroom teaching and learning. Results of the
 1087  outcomes shall be reported at least annually for the current
 1088  school year and subsequent 3 years and be accompanied by an
 1089  independent evaluation and validation of the reported results.
 1090         2. Digital learning and technology infrastructure purchases
 1091  and operational activities. Such purchases and activities must
 1092  be tied to the measurable outcomes under subparagraph 1.,
 1093  including, but not limited to, connectivity, broadband access,
 1094  wireless capacity, Internet speed, and data security, all of
 1095  which must meet or exceed minimum requirements and protocols
 1096  established by the department. For each year that the district
 1097  uses funds for infrastructure, a third-party, independent
 1098  evaluation of the district’s technology inventory and
 1099  infrastructure needs must accompany the district’s plan.
 1100         3. Professional development purchases and operational
 1101  activities. Such purchases and activities must be tied to the
 1102  measurable outcomes under subparagraph 1., including, but not
 1103  limited to, using technology in the classroom and improving
 1104  digital literacy and competency.
 1105         4. Digital tool purchases and operational activities. Such
 1106  purchases and activities must be tied to the measurable outcomes
 1107  under subparagraph 1., including, but not limited to,
 1108  competency-based credentials that measure and demonstrate
 1109  digital competency and certifications; third-party assessments
 1110  that demonstrate acquired knowledge and use of digital
 1111  applications; and devices that meet or exceed minimum
 1112  requirements and protocols established by the department.
 1113         5. Online assessment-related purchases and operational
 1114  activities. Such purchases and activities must be tied to the
 1115  measurable outcomes under subparagraph 1., including, but not
 1116  limited to, expanding the capacity to administer assessments and
 1117  compatibility with minimum assessment protocols and requirements
 1118  established by the department.
 1119         (c) The Legislature shall annually provide in the General
 1120  Appropriations Act the FEFP allocation for implementation of the
 1121  Florida digital classrooms plan to be calculated in an amount up
 1122  to 1 percent of the base student allocation multiplied by the
 1123  total K-12 full-time equivalent student enrollment included in
 1124  the FEFP calculations for the legislative appropriation or as
 1125  provided in the General Appropriations Act. Each school district
 1126  shall be provided a minimum of $250,000, with the remaining
 1127  balance of the allocation to be distributed based on each
 1128  district’s proportion of the total K-12 full-time equivalent
 1129  student enrollment. Distribution of 2015-2016 funds for the
 1130  Florida digital classrooms allocation shall begin following
 1131  submittal of each district’s digital classrooms plan, which must
 1132  include formal verification of the superintendent’s receipt
 1133  approval of the digital classrooms plan of each charter school
 1134  in the district using a streamlined format prescribed by the
 1135  department, and approval of the plan by the department. Prior to
 1136  the distribution of the 2015-2016 Florida digital classrooms
 1137  allocation funds, the department shall confirm that each
 1138  district school superintendent has certified shall certify to
 1139  the Commissioner of Education that the district school board has
 1140  approved a comprehensive district digital classrooms plan that
 1141  supports the fidelity of implementation of the Florida digital
 1142  classrooms allocation; the district has participated in the
 1143  digital readiness gap analysis assessment conducted pursuant to
 1144  paragraph (g); and the district’s digital classrooms plan
 1145  reflects the district’s commitment to prioritizing the use of
 1146  2015-2016 funds to address gaps identified through the digital
 1147  readiness gap analysis assessment. District allocations shall be
 1148  recalculated during the fiscal year consistent with the periodic
 1149  recalculation of the FEFP. School districts shall provide a
 1150  proportionate share of the digital classrooms allocation to each
 1151  charter school in the district, as required for categorical
 1152  programs in s. 1002.33(17)(b). A school district may use a
 1153  competitive process to distribute funds for the Florida digital
 1154  classrooms allocation to the schools within the school district.
 1155         (g)For the 2015-2016 fiscal year, notwithstanding
 1156  paragraph (e), the department, in consultation with the Agency
 1157  for State Technology, shall contract by September 1, 2015, with
 1158  an independent third-party entity to conduct an assessment of
 1159  the digital readiness of each school district and public school
 1160  for the purpose of implementing the distribution of the 2015
 1161  2016 Florida digital classrooms allocation funds. The contract
 1162  must require the contracted entity to:
 1163         1. Collaborate with the department and the Agency for State
 1164  Technology to review and recommend improvements to the state’s
 1165  5-year digital classrooms strategic plan developed pursuant to
 1166  s. 1001.20(4) and establish minimum information technology
 1167  architecture standards upon which the digital readiness of
 1168  school districts and public schools will be assessed as a basis
 1169  to implement digital classrooms. The standards must include, but
 1170  are not limited to requirements for devices, security, network
 1171  and wireless connectivity, and browsers. The contracted entity
 1172  must consider, at minimum, technology requirements associated
 1173  with implementation of ss. 1006.29(4) and 1008.22(3).
 1174         2.Conduct digital readiness gap analysis assessments that
 1175  evaluate the current status of digital readiness, and identify
 1176  gaps in the digital readiness, of school districts and schools
 1177  in meeting the minimum information technology architecture
 1178  standards established pursuant to subparagraph 1.
 1179         3.Report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and
 1180  the Speaker of the House of Representatives on the status and
 1181  results of digital readiness gap analysis assessments of school
 1182  districts and schools conducted pursuant to subparagraph 2.
 1183  following the timelines specified in this subparagraph. Each
 1184  report must include, at a minimum, a summary of each district’s
 1185  and school’s gaps and the status of compliance with current
 1186  minimum standards and the minimum information technology
 1187  architecture standards established pursuant to subparagraph 1.
 1188  The contracted entity shall report:
 1189         a. By December 1, 2015, on the status of a representative
 1190  sample of school districts and schools.
 1191         b. By February 1, 2016, on the status of digital readiness
 1192  assessment activities, including a report on districts and
 1193  schools assessed by that date. The report must also include a
 1194  summary of activities provided by the department to facilitate
 1195  school district and school implementation of digital classrooms
 1196  plans.
 1197         c. By May 1, 2016, on the contracted entity’s completed
 1198  assessment of all school districts for the purposes of providing
 1199  districts with the information necessary to receive digital
 1200  classrooms allocation funds pursuant to paragraph (c). The
 1201  report must, at a minimum, provide a statewide summary of
 1202  findings; identify existing funding options to address gaps,
 1203  including e-rate options; and provide recommendations for
 1204  improving cost efficiencies.
 1205         (13)FEDERALLY CONNECTED STUDENT SUPPLEMENT.—The federally
 1206  connected student supplement is created to provide supplemental
 1207  funding for school districts to support the education of
 1208  students connected with federally owned military installations,
 1209  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) property,
 1210  and Indian lands. To be eligible for this supplement, the
 1211  district must be eligible for federal Impact Aid Program funds
 1212  under s. 8003 of Title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary
 1213  Education Act of 1965. The supplement shall be allocated
 1214  annually to each eligible school district in the amount provided
 1215  in the General Appropriations Act. The supplement shall be the
 1216  sum of the student allocation and an exempt property allocation.
 1217         (a)The student allocation shall be calculated based on the
 1218  number of students reported for federal Impact Aid Program
 1219  funds, including students with disabilities, who meet one of the
 1220  following criteria:
 1221         1.Resides with a parent who is on active duty in the
 1222  uniformed services or is an accredited foreign government
 1223  official and military officer. Students with disabilities shall
 1224  also be reported separately for this condition.
 1225         2.Resides on eligible federally owned Indian lands.
 1226  Students with disabilities shall also be reported separately for
 1227  this condition.
 1228         3.Resides with a civilian parent who lives or works on
 1229  eligible federal property connected with a military installation
 1230  or NASA. The number of these students shall be multiplied by a
 1231  factor of 0.5.
 1232         (b)The total number of federally connected students
 1233  calculated under paragraph (a) shall be multiplied by a
 1234  percentage of the base student allocation as provided in the
 1235  General Appropriations Act. The total of the number of students
 1236  with disabilities as reported separately under subparagraphs
 1237  (a)1. and (a)2. shall be multiplied by an additional percentage
 1238  of the base student allocation as provided in the General
 1239  Appropriations Act. The base amount and the amount for students
 1240  with disabilities shall be summed to provide the student
 1241  allocation.
 1242         (c)The exempt property allocation shall be equal to the
 1243  tax-exempt value of federal impact aid lands reserved as
 1244  military installations, real property owned by NASA, or eligible
 1245  federally owned Indian lands located in the district, as of
 1246  January 1 of the previous year, multiplied by the millage
 1247  authorized and levied under s. 1011.71(2).
 1248         (14)(13) QUALITY ASSURANCE GUARANTEE.—The Legislature may
 1249  annually in the General Appropriations Act determine a
 1250  percentage increase in funds per K-12 unweighted FTE as a
 1251  minimum guarantee to each school district. The guarantee shall
 1252  be calculated from prior year base funding per unweighted FTE
 1253  student which shall include the adjusted FTE dollars as provided
 1254  in subsection (15) (14), quality guarantee funds, and actual
 1255  nonvoted discretionary local effort from taxes. From the base
 1256  funding per unweighted FTE, the increase shall be calculated for
 1257  the current year. The current year funds from which the
 1258  guarantee shall be determined shall include the adjusted FTE
 1259  dollars as provided in subsection (15) (14) and potential
 1260  nonvoted discretionary local effort from taxes. A comparison of
 1261  current year funds per unweighted FTE to prior year funds per
 1262  unweighted FTE shall be computed. For those school districts
 1263  which have less than the legislatively assigned percentage
 1264  increase, funds shall be provided to guarantee the assigned
 1265  percentage increase in funds per unweighted FTE student. Should
 1266  appropriated funds be less than the sum of this calculated
 1267  amount for all districts, the commissioner shall prorate each
 1268  district’s allocation. This provision shall be implemented to
 1269  the extent specifically funded.
 1270         Section 8. In order to implement Specific Appropriations 7
 1271  and 90 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, subsection
 1272  (1) of section 1011.71, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1273         1011.71 District school tax.—
 1274         (1) If the district school tax is not provided in the
 1275  General Appropriations Act or the substantive bill implementing
 1276  the General Appropriations Act, each district school board
 1277  desiring to participate in the state allocation of funds for
 1278  current operation as prescribed by s. 1011.62(15) s. 1011.62(14)
 1279  shall levy on the taxable value for school purposes of the
 1280  district, exclusive of millage voted under the provisions of s.
 1281  9(b) or s. 12, Art. VII of the State Constitution, a millage
 1282  rate not to exceed the amount certified by the commissioner as
 1283  the minimum millage rate necessary to provide the district
 1284  required local effort for the current year, pursuant to s.
 1285  1011.62(4)(a)1. In addition to the required local effort millage
 1286  levy, each district school board may levy a nonvoted current
 1287  operating discretionary millage. The Legislature shall prescribe
 1288  annually in the appropriations act the maximum amount of millage
 1289  a district may levy.
 1290         Section 9. The amendments made by this act to ss. 1002.385,
 1291  1002.395, 1011.62, and 1011.71, Florida Statutes, expire July 1,
 1292  2016, and the text of those sections shall revert to that in
 1293  existence on June 30, 2015, except that any amendments to such
 1294  text enacted other than by this act shall be preserved and
 1295  continue to operate to the extent that such amendments are not
 1296  dependent upon the portions of text which expire pursuant to
 1297  this section.
 1298         Section 10. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1299  99B of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, subsection (3)
 1300  is added to section 1012.75, Florida Statutes, to read:
 1301         1012.75 Liability of teacher or principal; excessive
 1302  force.—
 1303         (3) The Department of Education shall administer an
 1304  educator liability insurance program, as provided in the General
 1305  Appropriations Act, to protect full-time instructional personnel
 1306  from liability for monetary damages and the costs of defending
 1307  actions resulting from claims made against the instructional
 1308  personnel arising out of occurrences in the course of activities
 1309  within the instructional personnel’s professional capacity. For
 1310  purposes of this subsection, the terms “full-time,” “part-time,”
 1311  and “administrative personnel” shall be defined by the
 1312  individual district school board. For purposes of this
 1313  subsection, the term “instructional personnel” has the same
 1314  meaning as provided in s. 1012.01(2).
 1315         (a) Liability coverage of at least $2 million shall be
 1316  provided to all full-time instructional personnel. Liability
 1317  coverage may be provided to the following individuals who choose
 1318  to participate in the program, at cost: part-time instructional
 1319  personnel, administrative personnel, and students enrolled in a
 1320  state-approved teacher preparation program pursuant to s.
 1321  1012.39(3).
 1322         (b) By August 1, the department shall notify the personnel
 1323  specified in paragraph (a) of the pending procurement for
 1324  liability coverage. By September 1, each district school board
 1325  shall notify the personnel specified in paragraph (a) of the
 1326  liability coverage provided pursuant to this subsection. The
 1327  department shall develop the form of the notice which shall be
 1328  used by each district school board. The notice must be on an 8
 1329  1/2-inch by 5 1/2-inch postcard and include the amount of
 1330  coverage, a general description of the nature of the coverage,
 1331  and the contact information for coverage and claims questions.
 1332  The notification shall be provided separately from any other
 1333  correspondence. Each district school board shall certify to the
 1334  department, by September 15th, that the notification required by
 1335  this paragraph has been provided.
 1336         (c) The department shall consult with the Department of
 1337  Financial Services to select the most economically prudent and
 1338  cost-effective means of implementing the program through self
 1339  insurance, a risk management program, or competitive
 1340  procurement.
 1341         (d) This subsection expires July 1, 2016.
 1342         Section 11. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 4
 1343  of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding
 1344  ss. 1009.534, 1009.535, and 1009.536, Florida Statutes, relating
 1345  to community service work requirements for Florida Bright
 1346  Futures Scholarship Program eligibility, for the 2015-2016
 1347  fiscal year, a student shall be considered to have met the
 1348  community service work requirement if the student completes a
 1349  program of volunteer service work, as approved by the district
 1350  school board, the administrators of a nonpublic school, or the
 1351  Department of Education for home education program students. The
 1352  student must identify a social or civic issue or a professional
 1353  area that interests him or her, develop a plan for his or her
 1354  personal involvement in addressing the issue or learning about
 1355  the area, and, through papers or other presentations, evaluate
 1356  and reflect upon his or her experience. Except for credit earned
 1357  through service-learning courses adopted pursuant to s.
 1358  1003.497, the student may not receive remuneration or academic
 1359  credit for the volunteer service work performed. Such work may
 1360  include, but is not limited to, a business or government
 1361  internship, work for a nonprofit community service organization,
 1362  or activity on behalf of a candidate for public office. The
 1363  hours of volunteer service must be documented in writing, and
 1364  the document must be signed by the student, the student’s parent
 1365  or guardian, and a representative of the organization for which
 1366  the student performed the volunteer service work. This section
 1367  expires July 1, 2016.
 1368         Section 12. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1369  149 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, subsection (1)
 1370  of section 1008.46, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1371         1008.46 State university accountability process.—It is the
 1372  intent of the Legislature that an accountability process be
 1373  implemented that provides for the systematic, ongoing evaluation
 1374  of quality and effectiveness of state universities. It is
 1375  further the intent of the Legislature that this accountability
 1376  process monitor performance at the system level in each of the
 1377  major areas of instruction, research, and public service, while
 1378  recognizing the differing missions of each of the state
 1379  universities. The accountability process shall provide for the
 1380  adoption of systemwide performance standards and performance
 1381  goals for each standard identified through a collaborative
 1382  effort involving state universities, the Board of Governors, the
 1383  Legislature, and the Governor’s Office, consistent with
 1384  requirements specified in s. 1001.706. These standards and goals
 1385  shall be consistent with s. 216.011(1) to maintain congruity
 1386  with the performance-based budgeting process. This process
 1387  requires that university accountability reports reflect measures
 1388  defined through performance-based budgeting. The performance
 1389  based budgeting measures must also reflect the elements of
 1390  teaching, research, and service inherent in the missions of the
 1391  state universities.
 1392         (1) By March 15 December 31 of each year, the Board of
 1393  Governors shall submit an annual accountability report providing
 1394  information on the implementation of performance standards,
 1395  actions taken to improve university achievement of performance
 1396  goals, the achievement of performance goals during the prior
 1397  year, and initiatives to be undertaken during the next year. The
 1398  accountability reports shall be designed in consultation with
 1399  the Governor’s Office, the Office of Program Policy Analysis and
 1400  Government Accountability, and the Legislature.
 1401         Section 13. The amendment made by this act to s.
 1402  1008.46(1), Florida Statutes, expires July 1, 2016, and the text
 1403  of that subsection shall revert to that in existence on June 30,
 1404  2015, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than
 1405  by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
 1406  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
 1407  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
 1408         Section 14.  In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1409  138 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, section
 1410  1001.92, Florida Statutes, is created to read:
 1411         1001.92 State University System Performance-Based
 1412  Incentive.—
 1413         (1) A State University System Performance-Based Incentive
 1414  shall be awarded to state universities using performance-based
 1415  metrics adopted by the Board of Governors of the State
 1416  University System. The performance-based metrics must include
 1417  graduation rates, retention rates, postgraduation education
 1418  rates, degree production, affordability, postgraduation
 1419  employment and salaries, access, and other metrics approved by
 1420  the board in a formally noticed meeting. The board shall adopt
 1421  benchmarks to evaluate each state university’s performance on
 1422  the metrics to measure the state university’s achievement of
 1423  institutional excellence or need for improvement and minimum
 1424  requirements for eligibility to receive performance funding.
 1425         (2) Each fiscal year, the amount of funds available for
 1426  allocation to the state universities based on the performance
 1427  based metrics shall consist of the state’s appropriation for
 1428  performance funding, including increases in base funding plus
 1429  institutional investments consisting of funds deducted from the
 1430  base funding of each state university in the State University
 1431  System, in an amount provided in the General Appropriations Act.
 1432  The institutional investment shall be restored for each
 1433  institution eligible for the state’s investment under the
 1434  performance-based metrics.
 1435         (3)(a) A state university that fails to meet the Board of
 1436  Governors’ minimum performance funding threshold shall have a
 1437  portion of its institutional investment withheld by the board
 1438  and must submit an improvement plan to the board that specifies
 1439  the activities and strategies for improving the state
 1440  university’s performance. The board must review and approve the
 1441  improvement plan and, if the plan is approved, must monitor the
 1442  state university’s progress in implementing the activities and
 1443  strategies specified in the improvement plan. The state
 1444  university shall submit monitoring reports to the board by
 1445  December 31 and May 31 of each year in which an improvement plan
 1446  is in place. The ability of a state university to submit an
 1447  improvement plan to the board is limited to 1 fiscal year.
 1448         (b) The Chancellor of the State University System shall
 1449  withhold disbursement of the institutional investment until the
 1450  monitoring report is approved by the Board of Governors. A state
 1451  university that is determined by the board to be making
 1452  satisfactory progress on implementing the improvement plan shall
 1453  receive no more than one-half of the withheld institutional
 1454  investment in January and the balance of the withheld
 1455  institutional investment in June. A state university that fails
 1456  to make satisfactory progress may not have its full
 1457  institutional investment restored. Any institutional investment
 1458  funds that are not restored shall be redistributed in accordance
 1459  with the board’s performance-based metrics.
 1460         (4) Distributions of performance funding, as provided in
 1461  this section, shall be made to each of the state universities
 1462  listed in the Education and General Activities category in the
 1463  General Appropriations Act.
 1464         (5) By October 1 of each year, the Board of Governors shall
 1465  submit to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the
 1466  Speaker of the House of Representatives a report on the previous
 1467  fiscal year’s performance funding allocation which must reflect
 1468  the rankings and award distributions.
 1469         (6)This section expires July 1, 2016.
 1470         Section 15. (1) In order to implement Specific
 1471  Appropriation 122 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act,
 1472  the Florida College System Performance-Based Incentive must be
 1473  based on indicators of institutional attainment of performance
 1474  metrics adopted by the State Board of Education. The
 1475  performance-based funding metrics must be limited to metrics
 1476  that measure retention; program completion and graduation rates;
 1477  job placement; and postgraduation employment, salaries, or
 1478  further education.
 1479         (2) The State Board of Education shall evaluate the
 1480  institutions’ performance on the metrics based on benchmarks
 1481  adopted by the board which measure the achievement of
 1482  institutional excellence or improvement. The amount of funds
 1483  available for allocation to the institutions each fiscal year
 1484  based on the performance funding model shall be composed of the
 1485  state’s investment in performance funding, plus an institutional
 1486  investment consisting of funds to be redistributed from the base
 1487  funding of the Florida College System Program Fund, as
 1488  determined in the General Appropriations Act. The board shall
 1489  establish a minimum performance threshold that the institutions
 1490  must meet in order to be eligible for the state’s investment in
 1491  performance funds. The institutional investment shall be
 1492  restored for all institutions eligible for the state’s
 1493  investment under the performance funding model. An institution
 1494  that fails to meet the board’s minimum performance funding
 1495  threshold is not eligible for the state’s investment, shall have
 1496  a portion of its institutional investment withheld, and shall
 1497  submit an improvement plan to the board which specifies the
 1498  activities and strategies for improving the institution’s
 1499  performance.
 1500         (3) The State Board of Education must review the
 1501  improvement plan and, if approved, must monitor the
 1502  institution’s progress on implementing the specified activities
 1503  and strategies. The institutions shall submit monitoring reports
 1504  to the board no later than December 31, 2015, and May 31, 2016.
 1505         (4) The Commissioner of Education shall withhold
 1506  disbursement of the institutional investment until such time as
 1507  the monitoring report for the institution is approved by the
 1508  State Board of Education. An institution that fails to make
 1509  satisfactory progress will not have its full institutional
 1510  investment restored. If all institutional investment funds are
 1511  not restored, any remaining funds shall be redistributed in
 1512  accordance with the board’s performance funding model.
 1513         (5) This section expires July 1, 2016.
 1514         Section 16. In order to implement Specific Appropriation 81
 1515  and section 22 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act and
 1516  notwithstanding s. 1002.94, Florida Statutes, relating to the
 1517  disbursement of funds provided for the Child Care Executive
 1518  Partnership Program, for the 2015-2016 fiscal year, the Office
 1519  of Early Learning may allocate or reallocate funds held by the
 1520  Child Care Executive Partnership Program to prevent
 1521  disenrollment of children from the school readiness program or
 1522  child care funded through the Child Care Executive Partnership
 1523  Program. The funds provided for the Child Care Executive
 1524  Partnership Program shall be released and expended as required
 1525  in the proviso language for Specific Appropriation 81 of the
 1526  2015-2016 General Appropriations Act. This section expires July
 1527  1, 2016.
 1528         Section 17. (1) In order to implement Specific
 1529  Appropriation 470 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act,
 1530  the following requirements govern the continuation of the
 1531  Department of Health’s Florida Onsite Sewage Nitrogen Reduction
 1532  Strategies Study:
 1533         (a) Funding for completion of the study is through the
 1534  Department of Health. Notwithstanding s. 287.057, Florida
 1535  Statutes, the current contract may be extended until the study
 1536  is completed.
 1537         (b) The Department of Health, the Research Review and
 1538  Advisory Committee of the Department of Health, and the
 1539  Department of Environmental Protection shall work together to
 1540  provide the necessary technical oversight to complete the study.
 1541         (c) Management and oversight of the completion of the study
 1542  must be consistent with the terms of the existing contract.
 1543  However, the main focus and priority shall be developing,
 1544  testing, and recommending cost-effective passive technology
 1545  design criteria for nitrogen reduction. Notwithstanding any
 1546  other provision of law, before the study is completed, a state
 1547  agency may not adopt or implement a rule or policy that:
 1548         1. Mandates, establishes, or implements more restrictive
 1549  nitrogen reduction standards for existing or new onsite sewage
 1550  treatment systems or modification of such systems; or
 1551         2. Directly or indirectly, such as through an
 1552  administrative order issued by the Department of Environmental
 1553  Protection as part of a basin management action plan adopted
 1554  pursuant to s. 403.067, Florida Statutes, requires the use of
 1555  performance-based treatment systems or similar technologies.
 1556  However, more restrictive nitrogen reduction standards for
 1557  onsite systems may be required through a basin management action
 1558  plan if such plan is phased in after the study is completed.
 1559         (d) Any systems installed at home sites are experimental in
 1560  nature and shall be installed with significant field testing and
 1561  monitoring. The Department of Health is specifically authorized
 1562  to allow installation of these experimental systems.
 1563         (2) This section expires July 1, 2016.
 1564         Section 18. In order to implement sections 49 and 52 of the
 1565  2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (a) of
 1566  subsection (4) of section 20.435, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1567  to read:
 1568         20.435 Department of Health; trust funds.—The following
 1569  trust funds shall be administered by the Department of Health:
 1570         (4) Medical Quality Assurance Trust Fund.
 1571         (a)1. Funds to be credited to the trust fund shall consist
 1572  of fees and fines related to the licensing of health care
 1573  professionals. Funds shall be used for the purpose of providing
 1574  administrative support for the regulation of health care
 1575  professionals and for other such purposes as may be appropriate
 1576  and shall be expended only pursuant to legislative appropriation
 1577  or an approved amendment to the department’s operating budget
 1578  pursuant to the provisions of chapter 216.
 1579         2. For the 2015-2016 fiscal year, the uses authorized under
 1580  subparagraph 1. include the provision of health care services to
 1581  department clients. This subparagraph expires July 1, 2016.
 1582         Section 19. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1583  194, 200, 201, 202, 203, 206, and 213 of the 2015-2016 General
 1584  Appropriations Act, the Agency for Health Care Administration is
 1585  authorized to submit a budget amendment pursuant to chapter 216,
 1586  Florida Statutes, to realign funding based on the model,
 1587  methodology, and framework in the “Medicaid Hospital Funding
 1588  Programs” document incorporated by reference in Senate Bill
 1589  2508-A. Funding changes shall be consistent with the intent of
 1590  the model, methodology, and framework displayed, demonstrated,
 1591  and explained in the “Medicaid Hospital Funding Programs”
 1592  document, while allowing for the appropriate realignment to
 1593  appropriation categories related to Medicaid Low-Income Pool,
 1594  Disproportionate Share Hospital, Graduate Medical Education,
 1595  Inpatient Hospital and Outpatient Hospital programs, Prepaid
 1596  Health Plans, and the diagnosis related groups (DRG) methodology
 1597  for hospital reimbursement for the 2015-2016 fiscal year,
 1598  including requests for additional trust fund budget authority.
 1599  Notwithstanding s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, if the chair or
 1600  vice chair of the Legislative Budget Commission or the President
 1601  of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives
 1602  timely advises the Executive Office of the Governor, in writing,
 1603  that the budget amendment exceeds the delegated authority of the
 1604  Executive Office of the Governor or is contrary to legislative
 1605  policy or intent, the Executive Office of the Governor shall
 1606  void the action. This section expires July 1, 2016.
 1607         Section 20. (1) In order to implement Specific
 1608  Appropriation 251 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act,
 1609  and notwithstanding s. 393.065(5), Florida Statutes, individuals
 1610  on the Medicaid home and community-based waiver programs wait
 1611  list shall be offered a slot in the waiver as follows:
 1612         (a) Individuals in category 1, which includes clients
 1613  deemed to be in crisis as described in rule, shall be given
 1614  first priority in moving from the wait list to the waiver.
 1615         (b) Category 2 shall include:
 1616         1. Individuals on the wait list who are from the child
 1617  welfare system with an open case in the Department of Children
 1618  and Families’ statewide automated child welfare information
 1619  system who are:
 1620         a. Individuals transitioning out of the child welfare
 1621  system at the finalization of an adoption, a reunification with
 1622  family members, a permanent placement with a relative, or a
 1623  guardianship with a nonrelative; or
 1624         b. Individuals who are at least 18 years old but not yet 22
 1625  years old and who need both waiver services and extended foster
 1626  care services.
 1627         2. Individuals on the wait list who are at least 18 years
 1628  old but not yet 22 years old and who withdrew consent pursuant
 1629  to s. 39.6251(5)(c), Florida Statutes, to remain in the extended
 1630  foster care system.
 1631  
 1632  For individuals who are at least 18 years old but not yet 22
 1633  years old and who are eligible under sub-subparagraph 1.b., the
 1634  Agency for Persons with Disabilities shall provide waiver
 1635  services, including residential habilitation, and the community
 1636  based care lead agency shall fund room and board at the rate
 1637  established in s. 409.145(4), Florida Statutes, and provide case
 1638  management and related services as defined in s. 409.986(3)(e),
 1639  Florida Statutes. Individuals may receive both waiver services
 1640  and services under s. 39.6251, Florida Statutes. Services may
 1641  not duplicate services available through the Medicaid state
 1642  plan.
 1643         (c) In selecting individuals in category 3, category 4, or
 1644  category 5, the Agency for Persons with Disabilities shall use
 1645  the Agency for Persons with Disabilities Waitlist Prioritization
 1646  Tool, dated March 15, 2013. Those individuals whose needs score
 1647  highest on the Waitlist Prioritization Tool shall be moved to
 1648  the waiver during the 2015-2016 fiscal year, to the extent funds
 1649  are available.
 1650         (2) The agency shall allow an individual who meets the
 1651  eligibility requirements under s. 393.065(1), Florida Statutes,
 1652  to receive home and community-based services in this state if
 1653  the individual’s parent or legal guardian is an active-duty
 1654  military servicemember and, at the time of the servicemember’s
 1655  transfer to this state, the individual was receiving home and
 1656  community-based services in another state.
 1657         (3) Upon the placement of individuals on the waiver
 1658  pursuant to subsection (1), individuals remaining on the wait
 1659  list are deemed not to have been substantially affected by
 1660  agency action and are, therefore, not entitled to a hearing
 1661  under s. 393.125, Florida Statutes, or administrative proceeding
 1662  under chapter 120, Florida Statutes. This section expires July
 1663  1, 2016.
 1664         Section 21. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1665  251 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act:
 1666         (1) Until the Agency for Persons with Disabilities adopts a
 1667  new allocation algorithm and methodology by final rule pursuant
 1668  to s. 393.0662, Florida Statutes:
 1669         (a) Each client’s iBudget in effect as of July 1, 2015,
 1670  shall remain at its July 1, 2015, funding level.
 1671         (b) The Agency for Persons with Disabilities shall
 1672  determine the iBudget for a client newly enrolled on the home
 1673  and community-based services waiver on or after July 1, 2015,
 1674  using the same allocation algorithm and methodology used for the
 1675  iBudgets in effect as of July 1, 2015.
 1676         (2) After a new algorithm and methodology is adopted by
 1677  final rule, a client’s new iBudget shall be determined based on
 1678  the new allocation algorithm and methodology and shall take
 1679  effect as of the client’s next support plan update.
 1680         (3) Funding allocated under subsections (1) and (2) may be
 1681  increased pursuant to s. 393.0662(1)(b), Florida Statute. A
 1682  client’s funding allocation may also be increased if the client
 1683  has a significant need for transportation services to a waiver
 1684  funded adult day training program or to a waiver-funded
 1685  supported employment where such need cannot be accommodated
 1686  within the funding authorized by the client’s iBudget amount
 1687  without affecting the health and safety of the client, where
 1688  public transportation is not an option due to the unique needs
 1689  of the client, and where no other transportation resources are
 1690  reasonably available. However, such increases may not result in
 1691  the total of all clients’ projected annual iBudget expenditures
 1692  exceeding the agency’s appropriation for waiver services.
 1693         (4) This section expires July 1, 2016.
 1694         Section 22. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1695  554 through 563 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act,
 1696  subsection (3) of section 296.37, Florida Statutes, is amended
 1697  to read:
 1698         296.37 Residents; contribution to support.—
 1699         (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), each resident of the
 1700  home who receives a pension, compensation, or gratuity from the
 1701  United States Government, or income from any other source, of
 1702  more than $105 per month shall contribute to his or her
 1703  maintenance and support while a resident of the home in
 1704  accordance with a payment schedule determined by the
 1705  administrator and approved by the director. The total amount of
 1706  such contributions shall be to the fullest extent possible, but,
 1707  in no case, shall exceed the actual cost of operating and
 1708  maintaining the home. This subsection expires July 1, 2016 2015.
 1709         Section 23. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1710  251 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, subsection (15)
 1711  of section 393.067, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1712         393.067 Facility licensure.—
 1713         (15) The agency is not required to contract with new
 1714  facilities licensed after October 1, 1989, pursuant to this
 1715  chapter. Pursuant to chapter 287, the agency shall continue to
 1716  contract within available resources for residential services
 1717  with facilities licensed prior to October 1, 1989, if such
 1718  facilities comply with the provisions of this chapter and all
 1719  other applicable laws and regulations.
 1720         Section 24. The amendment made by this act to s.
 1721  393.067(15), Florida Statutes, expires July 1, 2016, and the
 1722  text of that subsection shall revert to that in existence on
 1723  June 30, 2015, except that any amendments to such text enacted
 1724  other than by this act shall be preserved and continue to
 1725  operate to the extent that such amendments are not dependent
 1726  upon the portions of text which expire pursuant to this section.
 1727         Section 25. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1728  251 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, subsections
 1729  (4), (5), and (6) of section 393.18, Florida Statutes, are
 1730  amended to read:
 1731         393.18 Comprehensive transitional education program.—A
 1732  comprehensive transitional education program is a group of
 1733  jointly operating centers or units, the collective purpose of
 1734  which is to provide a sequential series of educational care,
 1735  training, treatment, habilitation, and rehabilitation services
 1736  to persons who have developmental disabilities and who have
 1737  severe or moderate maladaptive behaviors. However, this section
 1738  does not require such programs to provide services only to
 1739  persons with developmental disabilities. All such services shall
 1740  be temporary in nature and delivered in a structured residential
 1741  setting, having the primary goal of incorporating the principle
 1742  of self-determination in establishing permanent residence for
 1743  persons with maladaptive behaviors in facilities that are not
 1744  associated with the comprehensive transitional education
 1745  program. The staff shall include behavior analysts and teachers,
 1746  as appropriate, who shall be available to provide services in
 1747  each component center or unit of the program. A behavior analyst
 1748  must be certified pursuant to s. 393.17.
 1749         (4) For comprehensive transitional education programs, the
 1750  total number of residents persons with maladaptive behaviors who
 1751  are being provided with services in a comprehensive transitional
 1752  education program may not in any instance exceed the licensed
 1753  capacity of 120 residents and each residential unit within the
 1754  component centers of the program authorized under this section
 1755  may not in any instance exceed 15 residents. However, a program
 1756  that was authorized to operate residential units with more than
 1757  15 residents before July 1, 2015, may continue to operate such
 1758  units.
 1759         (5) Licensure is authorized for comprehensive transitional
 1760  education programs which by July 1, 1989:
 1761         (a) Were in actual operation; or
 1762         (b) Owned a fee simple interest in real property for which
 1763  a county or city government has approved zoning allowing for the
 1764  placement of the facilities described in this subsection, and
 1765  have registered an intent with the agency to operate a
 1766  comprehensive transitional education program. However, nothing
 1767  prohibits the assignment by such a registrant to another entity
 1768  at a different site within the state, if there is compliance
 1769  with the criteria of this program and local zoning requirements
 1770  and each residential facility within the component centers or
 1771  units of the program authorized under this paragraph does not
 1772  exceed a capacity of 15 persons.
 1773         (6) Notwithstanding subsection (5), in order to maximize
 1774  federal revenues and provide for children needing special
 1775  behavioral services, the agency may authorize the licensure of a
 1776  facility that:
 1777         (a) Provides residential services for children who have
 1778  developmental disabilities along with intensive behavioral
 1779  problems as defined by the agency; and
 1780         (b) As of July 1, 2010, serve children who were served by
 1781  the child welfare system and who have an open case in the
 1782  automated child welfare system of the Department of Children and
 1783  Families.
 1784  
 1785  The facility must be in compliance with all program criteria and
 1786  local zoning requirements and may not exceed a capacity of 15
 1787  children.
 1788         Section 26. The amendment made by this act to s. 393.18,
 1789  Florida Statutes, expires July 1, 2016, and the text of that
 1790  section shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2015,
 1791  except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by
 1792  this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
 1793  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
 1794  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
 1795         Section 27. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1796  225 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, the Agency for
 1797  Health Care Administration shall ensure that nursing facility
 1798  residents who are eligible for funds to transition to home and
 1799  community-based services waivers must first have resided in a
 1800  skilled nursing facility for at least 60 consecutive days. This
 1801  section expires July 1, 2016.
 1802         Section 28. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1803  226 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, the Agency for
 1804  Health Care Administration and the Department of Elderly Affairs
 1805  shall prioritize individuals for enrollment in the Medicaid
 1806  Long-Term Care Waiver program using a frailty-based screening
 1807  that provides a priority score (the “scoring process”) and shall
 1808  enroll individuals in the program according to the assigned
 1809  priority score as funds are available. The agency may adopt
 1810  rules, pursuant to s. 409.919, Florida Statutes, and enter into
 1811  interagency agreements necessary to administer s. 409.979(3),
 1812  Florida Statutes. Such rules or interagency agreements adopted
 1813  by the agency relating to the scoring process may delegate to
 1814  the Department of Elderly Affairs, pursuant to s. 409.978,
 1815  Florida Statutes, the responsibility for implementing and
 1816  administering the scoring process, providing notice of Medicaid
 1817  fair hearing rights, and the responsibility for defending, as
 1818  needed, the scores assigned to persons on the program wait list
 1819  in any resulting Medicaid fair hearings. The Department of
 1820  Elderly Affairs may delegate the provision of notice of Medicaid
 1821  fair hearing rights to its contractors. This section expires
 1822  July 1, 2016.
 1823         Section 29. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1824  187A through 220A and 524 of the 2015-2016 General
 1825  Appropriations Act and notwithstanding ss. 216.181 and 216.292,
 1826  Florida Statutes, the Agency for Health Care Administration, in
 1827  consultation with the Department of Health, may submit a budget
 1828  amendment, subject to the notice, review, and objection
 1829  procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, to realign funding
 1830  within and between agencies based on implementation of the
 1831  Managed Medical Assistance component of the Statewide Medicaid
 1832  Managed Care program for the Children’s Medical Services program
 1833  of the Department of Health. The funding realignment shall
 1834  reflect the actual enrollment changes due to the transfer of
 1835  beneficiaries from fee-for-service to the capitated Children’s
 1836  Medical Services Network. The Agency for Health Care
 1837  Administration may submit a request for nonoperating budget
 1838  authority to transfer the federal funds to the Department of
 1839  Health, pursuant to s. 216.181(12), Florida Statutes. This
 1840  section expires July 1, 2016.
 1841         Section 30. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1842  323 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, and
 1843  notwithstanding s. 409.991, Florida Statutes, for the 2015-2016
 1844  fiscal year, funds provided for training purposes shall be
 1845  allocated to community-based care lead agencies based on a
 1846  training needs assessment conducted by the Department of
 1847  Children and Families. This section expires July 1, 2016.
 1848         Section 31. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1849  400 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, subject to
 1850  federal approval, a current Program of All-Inclusive Care for
 1851  the Elderly (PACE) organization that is authorized to provide
 1852  PACE services in Southeast Florida and that is granted authority
 1853  under section 18 of chapter 2012-33, Laws of Florida, for up to
 1854  150 enrollee slots to serve frail elders residing in Broward
 1855  County, may also use those PACE slots for enrollees residing in
 1856  Miami-Dade County, subject to a contract amendment with the
 1857  Agency for Health Care Administration. This section expires July
 1858  1, 2016.
 1859         Section 32. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 1860  503 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, subsection (17)
 1861  is added to section 893.055, Florida Statutes, to read:
 1862         893.055 Prescription drug monitoring program.—
 1863         (17) Notwithstanding subsection (10), and for the 2015-2016
 1864  fiscal year only, the department may use state funds
 1865  appropriated in the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act to
 1866  administer the prescription drug monitoring program. Neither the
 1867  Attorney General nor the department may use funds received as
 1868  part of a settlement agreement to administer the prescription
 1869  drug monitoring program. This subsection expires July 1, 2016.
 1870         Section 33. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1871  583 through 720A and 733 through 771 of the 2015-2016 General
 1872  Appropriations Act, subsection (4) of section 216.262, Florida
 1873  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1874         216.262 Authorized positions.—
 1875         (4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter relating
 1876  to increasing the number of authorized positions, and for the
 1877  2015-2016 2014-2015 fiscal year only, if the actual inmate
 1878  population of the Department of Corrections exceeds the inmate
 1879  population projections of the February 27, 2015 2014, Criminal
 1880  Justice Estimating Conference by 1 percent for 2 consecutive
 1881  months or 2 percent for any month, the Executive Office of the
 1882  Governor, with the approval of the Legislative Budget
 1883  Commission, shall immediately notify the Criminal Justice
 1884  Estimating Conference, which shall convene as soon as possible
 1885  to revise the estimates. The Department of Corrections may then
 1886  submit a budget amendment requesting the establishment of
 1887  positions in excess of the number authorized by the Legislature
 1888  and additional appropriations from unallocated general revenue
 1889  sufficient to provide for essential staff, fixed capital
 1890  improvements, and other resources to provide classification,
 1891  security, food services, health services, and other variable
 1892  expenses within the institutions to accommodate the estimated
 1893  increase in the inmate population. All actions taken pursuant to
 1894  this subsection are subject to review and approval by the
 1895  Legislative Budget Commission. This subsection expires July 1,
 1896  2016 2015.
 1897         Section 34. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1898  1319 and 1320 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, the
 1899  Department of Legal Affairs may expend appropriated funds in
 1900  those specific appropriations on the same programs that were
 1901  funded by the department pursuant to specific appropriations
 1902  made in general appropriations acts in previous years. This
 1903  section expires July 1, 2016.
 1904         Section 35. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 1905  1254 and 1259 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act,
 1906  paragraph (d) of subsection (4) of section 932.7055, Florida
 1907  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1908         932.7055 Disposition of liens and forfeited property.—
 1909         (4) The proceeds from the sale of forfeited property shall
 1910  be disbursed in the following priority:
 1911         (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection,
 1912  and for the 2015-2016 2014-2015 fiscal year only, the funds in a
 1913  special law enforcement trust fund established by the governing
 1914  body of a municipality may be expended to reimburse the general
 1915  fund of the municipality for moneys advanced from the general
 1916  fund to the special law enforcement trust fund before October 1,
 1917  2001. This paragraph expires July 1, 2016 2015.
 1918         Section 36. In order to implement section 7 of the 2015
 1919  2016 General Appropriations Act, subsection (2) of section
 1920  215.18, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 1921         215.18 Transfers between funds; limitation.—
 1922         (2) The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court may receive one
 1923  or more trust fund loans to ensure that the state court system
 1924  has funds sufficient to meet its appropriations in the 2015-2016
 1925  2014-2015 General Appropriations Act. If the Chief Justice
 1926  accesses the loan, he or she must notify the Governor and the
 1927  chairs of the legislative appropriations committees in writing.
 1928  The loan must come from other funds in the State Treasury which
 1929  are for the time being or otherwise in excess of the amounts
 1930  necessary to meet the just requirements of such last-mentioned
 1931  funds. The Governor shall order the transfer of funds within 5
 1932  days after the written notification from the Chief Justice. If
 1933  the Governor does not order the transfer, the Chief Financial
 1934  Officer shall transfer the requested funds. The loan of funds
 1935  from which any money is temporarily transferred must be repaid
 1936  by the end of the 2015-2016 2014-2015 fiscal year. This
 1937  subsection expires July 1, 2016 2015.
 1938         Section 37. In order to implement appropriations for
 1939  salaries and benefits in the 2015-2016 General Appropriations
 1940  Act for the Department of Corrections and notwithstanding s.
 1941  216.292, Florida Statutes, the Department of Corrections may not
 1942  transfer funds from a salaries and benefits category to any
 1943  other category within the department other than a salaries and
 1944  benefits category without approval of the Legislative Budget
 1945  Commission. This section expires July 1, 2016.
 1946         Section 38. (1) In order to implement Specific
 1947  Appropriations 1124 through 1136 of the 2015-2016 General
 1948  Appropriations Act, the Department of Juvenile Justice is
 1949  required to review county juvenile detention payments for the
 1950  purpose of ensuring that counties fulfill their financial
 1951  responsibilities required in s. 985.686, Florida Statutes. If
 1952  the Department of Juvenile Justice determines that a county has
 1953  not met its obligations, the department shall direct the
 1954  Department of Revenue to deduct the amount owed to the
 1955  Department of Juvenile Justice from the funds provided to the
 1956  county under s. 218.23, Florida Statutes. The Department of
 1957  Revenue shall transfer the funds withheld to the Shared
 1958  County/State Juvenile Detention Trust Fund.
 1959         (2) As an assurance to holders of bonds issued by counties
 1960  before July 1, 2015, for which distributions made pursuant to s.
 1961  218.23, Florida Statutes, are pledged, or bonds issued to refund
 1962  such bonds which mature no later than the bonds they refunded
 1963  and which result in a reduction of debt service payable in each
 1964  fiscal year, the amount available for distribution to a county
 1965  shall remain as provided by law and continue to be subject to
 1966  any lien or claim on behalf of the bondholders. The Department
 1967  of Revenue must ensure, based on information provided by an
 1968  affected county, that any reduction in amounts distributed
 1969  pursuant to subsection (1) does not reduce the amount of
 1970  distribution to a county below the amount necessary for the
 1971  timely payment of principal and interest when due on the bonds
 1972  and the amount necessary to comply with any covenant under the
 1973  bond resolution or other documents relating to the issuance of
 1974  the bonds. If a reduction to a county’s monthly distribution
 1975  must be decreased in order to comply with this subsection, the
 1976  Department of Revenue must notify the Department of Juvenile
 1977  Justice of the amount of the decrease, and the Department of
 1978  Juvenile Justice must send a bill for payment of such amount to
 1979  the affected county.
 1980         (3) This section expires July 1, 2016.
 1981         Section 39. In order to implement appropriations used for
 1982  the payments of existing lease contracts for private lease space
 1983  in excess of 2,000 square feet in the 2015-2016 General
 1984  Appropriations Act, the Department of Management Services, with
 1985  the cooperation of the agencies having the existing lease
 1986  contracts for office or storage space, shall use tenant broker
 1987  services to renegotiate or reprocure all private lease
 1988  agreements for office or storage space expiring between July 1,
 1989  2016, and June 30, 2018, in order to reduce costs in future
 1990  years. The department shall incorporate this initiative into its
 1991  2015 master leasing report required under s. 255.249(7), Florida
 1992  Statutes, and may use tenant broker services to explore the
 1993  possibilities of collocating office or storage space, to review
 1994  the space needs of each agency, and to review the length and
 1995  terms of potential renewals or renegotiations. The department
 1996  shall provide a report to the Executive Office of the Governor,
 1997  the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of
 1998  Representatives by November 1, 2015, which lists each lease
 1999  contract for private office or storage space, the status of
 2000  renegotiations, and the savings achieved. This section expires
 2001  July 1, 2016.
 2002         Section 40. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 2003  2270 through 2278 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act,
 2004  section 624.502, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
 2005         624.502 Service of process fee.—In all instances as
 2006  provided in any section of the insurance code and s. 48.151(3)
 2007  in which service of process is authorized to be made upon the
 2008  Chief Financial Officer or the director of the office, the
 2009  plaintiff shall pay to the department or office a fee of $15 for
 2010  such service of process, which fee shall be deposited into the
 2011  Administrative Trust Fund.
 2012         Section 41. The amendment to s. 624.502, Florida Statutes,
 2013  as carried forward by this act from chapter 2013-41, Laws of
 2014  Florida, expires July 1, 2016, and the text of that section
 2015  shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2013, except that
 2016  any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall
 2017  be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such
 2018  amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which
 2019  expire pursuant to this section.
 2020         Section 42. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 2021  2848 through 2859 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act,
 2022  paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 282.709, Florida
 2023  Statutes, is reenacted to read:
 2024         282.709 State agency law enforcement radio system and
 2025  interoperability network.—
 2026         (2) The Joint Task Force on State Agency Law Enforcement
 2027  Communications is created adjunct to the department to advise
 2028  the department of member-agency needs relating to the planning,
 2029  designing, and establishment of the statewide communication
 2030  system.
 2031         (a) The Joint Task Force on State Agency Law Enforcement
 2032  Communications shall consist of the following members:
 2033         1. A representative of the Division of Alcoholic Beverages
 2034  and Tobacco of the Department of Business and Professional
 2035  Regulation who shall be appointed by the secretary of the
 2036  department.
 2037         2. A representative of the Division of Florida Highway
 2038  Patrol of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles
 2039  who shall be appointed by the executive director of the
 2040  department.
 2041         3. A representative of the Department of Law Enforcement
 2042  who shall be appointed by the executive director of the
 2043  department.
 2044         4. A representative of the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
 2045  Commission who shall be appointed by the executive director of
 2046  the commission.
 2047         5. A representative of the Department of Corrections who
 2048  shall be appointed by the secretary of the department.
 2049         6. A representative of the Division of State Fire Marshal
 2050  of the Department of Financial Services who shall be appointed
 2051  by the State Fire Marshal.
 2052         7. A representative of the Department of Agriculture and
 2053  Consumer Services who shall be appointed by the Commissioner of
 2054  Agriculture.
 2055         Section 43. The amendment to s. 282.709(2)(a), Florida
 2056  Statutes, as carried forward by this act from chapter 2014-53,
 2057  Laws of Florida, expires July 1, 2016, and the text of that
 2058  paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2014,
 2059  except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by
 2060  this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
 2061  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
 2062  of text that expire pursuant to this section.
 2063         Section 44. Effective November 1, 2015, in order to
 2064  implement Specific Appropriations 2753 through 2765 of the 2015
 2065  2016 General Appropriations Act, and notwithstanding rule 60A
 2066  1.031, Florida Administrative Code, the transaction fee
 2067  collected for use of the online procurement system, authorized
 2068  in ss. 287.042(1)(h)1. and 287.057(22)(c), Florida Statutes,
 2069  shall be seven-tenths of 1 percent for the 2015-2016 fiscal year
 2070  only. The Department of Management Services shall determine an
 2071  economical and effective means of notifying vendors of the fee
 2072  change. This section expires July 1, 2016.
 2073         Section 45. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2074  2920A of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, subsection
 2075  (8) is added to section 216.292, Florida Statutes, to read:
 2076         216.292 Appropriations nontransferable; exceptions.—
 2077         (8) Notwithstanding subsections (2), (3), and (4), and for
 2078  the 2015-2016 fiscal year only, the Agency for State Technology,
 2079  with the approval of the Executive Office of the Governor, and
 2080  after 14 days prior notice, may transfer up to $2.5 million of
 2081  recurring funds from the Working Capital Trust Fund within the
 2082  Agency for State Technology between appropriations categories
 2083  for operations, as needed, to realign funds, based upon the
 2084  final report of the third-party assessment required by January
 2085  15, 2016, to begin migration of cloud-ready applications at the
 2086  State Data Center to a cloud solution that complies with all
 2087  applicable federal and state security and privacy requirements,
 2088  to the extent feasible within available resources, while
 2089  continuing to provide computing services for existing data
 2090  center applications, until those applications can be cloud
 2091  ready. Such transfers are subject to the notice and objection
 2092  provisions of s. 216.177. This subsection expires July 1, 2016.
 2093         Section 46. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2094  1647 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (e)
 2095  of subsection (5) of section 161.143, Florida Statutes, is
 2096  amended to read:
 2097         161.143 Inlet management; planning, prioritizing, funding,
 2098  approving, and implementing projects.—
 2099         (5) The department shall annually provide an inlet
 2100  management project list, in priority order, to the Legislature
 2101  as part of the department’s budget request. The list must
 2102  include studies, projects, or other activities that address the
 2103  management of at least 10 separate inlets and that are ranked
 2104  according to the criteria established under subsection (2).
 2105         (e) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b), and for the
 2106  2015-2016 2014-2015 fiscal year only, the amount allocated for
 2107  inlet management funding is provided in the 2015-2016 2014-2015
 2108  General Appropriations Act. This paragraph expires July 1, 2016
 2109  2015.
 2110         Section 47. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 2111  1569A and 1570 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act,
 2112  paragraph (m) of subsection (3) of section 259.105, Florida
 2113  Statutes, is amended to read:
 2114         259.105 The Florida Forever Act.—
 2115         (3) Less the costs of issuing and the costs of funding
 2116  reserve accounts and other costs associated with bonds, the
 2117  proceeds of cash payments or bonds issued pursuant to this
 2118  section shall be deposited into the Florida Forever Trust Fund
 2119  created by s. 259.1051. The proceeds shall be distributed by the
 2120  Department of Environmental Protection in the following manner:
 2121         (m) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a)-(j) and for the 2015
 2122  2016 2014-2015 fiscal year only, $17.4 million to only the
 2123  Division of State Lands within the Department of Environmental
 2124  Protection for the Board of Trustees Florida Forever Priority
 2125  List land acquisition projects. This paragraph expires July 1,
 2126  2016:
 2127         1. Five million dollars to the Department of Agriculture
 2128  and Consumer Services for the acquisition of agricultural lands
 2129  through perpetual conservation easements and other perpetual
 2130  less-than-fee techniques, which will achieve the objectives of
 2131  Florida Forever and s. 570.71.
 2132         2. The remaining moneys appropriated from the Florida
 2133  Forever Trust Fund shall be distributed only to the Division of
 2134  State Lands within the Department of Environmental Protection
 2135  for land acquisitions that are less-than-fee interest, for
 2136  partnerships in which the state’s portion of the acquisition
 2137  cost is no more than 50 percent, or for conservation lands
 2138  needed for military buffering or springs or water resources
 2139  protection.
 2140  
 2141  This paragraph expires July 1, 2015.
 2142         Section 48. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 2143  1707B, 1724A, 1724B, and 1817A of the 2015-2016 General
 2144  Appropriations Act, paragraph (d) of subsection (11) of section
 2145  216.181, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2146         216.181 Approved budgets for operations and fixed capital
 2147  outlay.—
 2148         (11)
 2149         (d) Notwithstanding paragraph (b) and paragraph (2)(b), and
 2150  for the 2015-2016 2014-2015 fiscal year only, the Legislative
 2151  Budget Commission may increase the amounts appropriated to the
 2152  Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission or the Department of
 2153  Environmental Protection for fixed capital outlay projects,
 2154  including additional fixed capital outlay projects, using funds
 2155  provided to the state from the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund
 2156  administered by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation; funds
 2157  provided to the state from the Gulf Coast Restoration Trust Fund
 2158  related to the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist
 2159  Opportunities, and Revived Economies of the Gulf Coast Act of
 2160  2012 (RESTORE Act); or funds provided by the British Petroleum
 2161  Corporation (BP) for natural resource damage assessment early
 2162  restoration projects. Concurrent with submission of an amendment
 2163  to the Legislative Budget Commission pursuant to this paragraph,
 2164  any project that carries a continuing commitment for future
 2165  appropriations by the Legislature must be specifically
 2166  identified, together with the projected amount of the future
 2167  commitment associated with the project and the fiscal years in
 2168  which the commitment is expected to commence. This paragraph
 2169  expires July 1, 2016 2015.
 2170  
 2171  The provisions of this subsection are subject to the notice and
 2172  objection procedures set forth in s. 216.177.
 2173         Section 49. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2174  1690 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (q)
 2175  is added to subsection (4) of section 376.3071, Florida
 2176  Statutes, to read:
 2177         376.3071 Inland Protection Trust Fund; creation; purposes;
 2178  funding.—
 2179         (4) USES.—Whenever, in its determination, incidents of
 2180  inland contamination related to the storage of petroleum or
 2181  petroleum products may pose a threat to the public health,
 2182  safety, or welfare, water resources, or the environment, the
 2183  department shall obligate moneys available in the fund to
 2184  provide for:
 2185         (q) Payments for program deductibles, copayments, and
 2186  limited contamination assessment reports that otherwise would be
 2187  paid by another state agency for state-funded petroleum
 2188  contamination site rehabilitation. This paragraph expires July
 2189  1, 2016.
 2190  
 2191  The Inland Protection Trust Fund may only be used to fund the
 2192  activities in ss. 376.30-376.317 except ss. 376.3078 and
 2193  376.3079. Amounts on deposit in the fund in each fiscal year
 2194  shall first be applied or allocated for the payment of amounts
 2195  payable by the department pursuant to paragraph (n) under a
 2196  service contract entered into by the department pursuant to s.
 2197  376.3075 and appropriated in each year by the Legislature before
 2198  making or providing for other disbursements from the fund. This
 2199  subsection does not authorize the use of the fund for cleanup of
 2200  contamination caused primarily by a discharge of solvents as
 2201  defined in s. 206.9925(6), or polychlorinated biphenyls when
 2202  their presence causes them to be hazardous wastes, except
 2203  solvent contamination which is the result of chemical or
 2204  physical breakdown of petroleum products and is otherwise
 2205  eligible. Facilities used primarily for the storage of motor or
 2206  diesel fuels as defined in ss. 206.01 and 206.86 are not
 2207  excluded from eligibility pursuant to this section.
 2208         Section 50. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2209  1633 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, subsection (6)
 2210  of section 381.0065, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2211         381.0065 Onsite sewage treatment and disposal systems;
 2212  regulation.—
 2213         (6) LAND APPLICATION OF SEPTAGE PROHIBITED.—Effective June
 2214  30 January 1, 2016, the land application of septage from onsite
 2215  sewage treatment and disposal systems is prohibited.
 2216         Section 51. The amendment made by this act to s.
 2217  381.0065(6), Florida Statutes, expires July 1, 2016, and the
 2218  text of that subsection shall revert to that in existence on
 2219  June 30, 2015, except that any amendments to such text enacted
 2220  other than by this act shall be preserved and continue to
 2221  operate to the extent that such amendments are not dependent
 2222  upon the portions of text which expire pursuant to this section.
 2223         Section 52. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2224  1439 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, subsection (4)
 2225  of section 388.261, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2226         388.261 State aid to counties and districts for arthropod
 2227  control; distribution priorities and limitations.—
 2228         (4)(a) Up to 20 percent of the annual funds appropriated to
 2229  local governments for arthropod control may be used for
 2230  arthropod control research or demonstration projects as approved
 2231  by the department.
 2232         (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), and for the 2015-2016
 2233  fiscal year only, up to 40 percent of the annual funds
 2234  appropriated to local governments for arthropod control may be
 2235  used for arthropod control research or demonstration projects as
 2236  approved by the department. This paragraph expires July 1, 2016.
 2237         Section 53. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2238  1689A of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, subsection
 2239  (5) is added to section 403.709, Florida Statutes, to read:
 2240         403.709 Solid Waste Management Trust Fund; use of waste
 2241  tire fees.—There is created the Solid Waste Management Trust
 2242  Fund, to be administered by the department.
 2243         (5)(a) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a solid waste
 2244  landfill closure account is established within the Solid Waste
 2245  Management Trust Fund to provide funding for the closing and
 2246  long-term care of solid waste management facilities. The
 2247  department may use funds from the account to contract with a
 2248  third party for the closing and long-term care of a solid waste
 2249  management facility if:
 2250         1. The facility has or had a department permit to operate
 2251  the facility;
 2252         2. The permittee provided proof of financial assurance for
 2253  closure in the form of an insurance certificate;
 2254         3. The facility is deemed to be abandoned or was ordered to
 2255  close by the department;
 2256         4. Closure is accomplished in substantial accordance with a
 2257  closure plan approved by the department; and
 2258         5. The department has written documentation that the
 2259  insurance company issuing the closure insurance policy will
 2260  provide or reimburse the funds required to complete closing and
 2261  long-term care of the facility.
 2262         (b) The department shall deposit the funds received from
 2263  the insurance company as reimbursement for the costs of closing
 2264  or long-term care of the facility into the solid waste landfill
 2265  closure account.
 2266         (c) This subsection expires July 1, 2016.
 2267         Section 54. Effective upon becoming a law, in order to
 2268  implement specific appropriations from the land acquisition
 2269  trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and Consumer
 2270  Services, the Department of Environmental Protection, the
 2271  Department of State, and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
 2272  Commission which are contained in the 2015-2016 General
 2273  Appropriations Act, subsection (3) is added to section 215.18,
 2274  Florida Statutes, to read:
 2275         215.18 Transfers between funds; limitation.—
 2276         (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1) and only with respect to
 2277  a land acquisition trust fund in the Department of Agriculture
 2278  and Consumer Services, the Department of Environmental
 2279  Protection, the Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlife
 2280  Conservation Commission, whenever there is a deficiency in a
 2281  land acquisition trust fund which would render that trust fund
 2282  temporarily insufficient to meet its just requirements,
 2283  including the timely payment of appropriations from that trust
 2284  fund, and other trust funds in the State Treasury have moneys
 2285  that are for the time being or otherwise in excess of the
 2286  amounts necessary to meet the just requirements, including
 2287  appropriated obligations, of those other trust funds, the
 2288  Governor may order a temporary transfer of moneys from one or
 2289  more of the other trust funds to a land acquisition trust fund
 2290  in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the
 2291  Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of State,
 2292  or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. Any action
 2293  proposed pursuant to this subsection is subject to the notice,
 2294  review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, and the Governor
 2295  shall provide notice of such action at least 7 days before the
 2296  effective date of the transfer of trust funds, except that
 2297  during July 2015, notice of such action shall be provided at
 2298  least 3 days before the effective date of a transfer unless such
 2299  3-day notice is waived by the chair and vice-chair of the
 2300  Legislative Budget Commission. Any transfer of trust funds to a
 2301  land acquisition trust fund in the Department of Agriculture and
 2302  Consumer Services, the Department of Environmental Protection,
 2303  the Department of State, or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
 2304  Commission must be repaid to the trust funds from which the
 2305  moneys were loaned by the end of the 2015-2016 fiscal year. The
 2306  Legislature has determined that the repayment of the other trust
 2307  fund moneys temporarily loaned to a land acquisition trust fund
 2308  in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the
 2309  Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of State,
 2310  or the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission pursuant to
 2311  this subsection is an allowable use of the moneys in a land
 2312  acquisition trust fund because the moneys from other trust funds
 2313  temporarily loaned to a land acquisition trust fund shall be
 2314  expended solely and exclusively in accordance with s. 28, Art. X
 2315  of the State Constitution. This subsection expires July 1, 2016.
 2316         Section 55. In order to implement specific appropriations
 2317  from trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and
 2318  Consumer Services, the Department of Environmental Protection,
 2319  the Department of State, and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation
 2320  Commission which are contained in the 2015-2016 General
 2321  Appropriations Act and notwithstanding s. 216.292, Florida
 2322  Statutes, the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services,
 2323  the Department of Environmental Protection, the Department of
 2324  State, and the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission may
 2325  submit one or more budget amendments, as necessary, to realign
 2326  funding, to increase operating or nonoperating budget authority
 2327  from trust funds, or to transfer trust funds, between agencies
 2328  or budget entities, as needed to implement provisions of SB
 2329  2516-A, 2520-A, or 2522-A or similar legislation enacted during
 2330  the 2015 Regular Session of the Legislature or the 2015 Special
 2331  Session A, including any extension thereof, to implement s. 28,
 2332  Article X of the State Constitution. A budget amendment is
 2333  subject to the notice, review, and objection procedures of s.
 2334  216.177, Florida Statutes. This section expires July 1, 2016.
 2335         Section 56. (1) In order to implement specific
 2336  appropriations from the land acquisition trust funds within the
 2337  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department
 2338  of Environmental Protection, the Department of State, and the
 2339  Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission which are contained in
 2340  the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, the Department of
 2341  Environmental Protection shall transfer revenues deposited into
 2342  the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the department to the
 2343  land acquisition trust funds within the Department of
 2344  Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department of State, and
 2345  the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, as provided in
 2346  this section. As used in this section, the term “department”
 2347  means the Department of Environmental Protection.
 2348         (2)After subtracting any required debt service payments,
 2349  the proportionate share of revenues to be transferred to a land
 2350  acquisition trust fund shall be calculated by dividing the
 2351  appropriations from each of the land acquisition trust funds for
 2352  the fiscal year by the total appropriations from the Land
 2353  Acquisition Trust Fund within the department and the land
 2354  acquisition trust funds within the Department of Agriculture and
 2355  Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and
 2356  Wildlife Commission for the fiscal year. The department shall
 2357  transfer a proportionate share of the revenues deposited into
 2358  the Land Acquisition Trust Fund within the department on a
 2359  monthly basis to the land acquisition trust funds within the
 2360  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, the Department
 2361  of State, and the Fish and Wildlife Commission and shall retain
 2362  a proportionate share of the revenues in the Land Acquisition
 2363  Trust Fund within the department. Total distributions to a land
 2364  acquisition trust fund within the Department of Agriculture and
 2365  Consumer Services, the Department of State, and the Fish and
 2366  Wildlife Commission may not exceed the total appropriations from
 2367  such trust fund for the fiscal year.
 2368         (3)This section expires July 1, 2016.
 2369         Section 57. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2370  1489B of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act and
 2371  notwithstanding chapter 253, Florida Statutes, and s. 270.22,
 2372  Florida Statutes, the Board of Trustees of the Internal
 2373  Improvement Trust Fund is directed to sell, through a
 2374  competitive solicitation, a portion of the property described as
 2375  the land lying south of Carroll Street in Osceola County
 2376  described as the north half of the northeast quarter of the
 2377  southwest quarter of section nine, township twenty-five south,
 2378  range twenty-nine east for not less than the property’s
 2379  appraised value. All net proceeds from the sale shall be
 2380  deposited into the General Inspection Trust Fund within the
 2381  Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. This section
 2382  expires July 1, 2016.
 2383         Section 58. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2384  1568A of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act and
 2385  notwithstanding chapter 253 and s. 270.22, Florida Statutes, the
 2386  Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund shall
 2387  provide the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee with
 2388  the proceeds from the sale of a parcel of state land involving
 2389  the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee’s campus
 2390  bookstore/Viking property to the Sarasota Manatee Airport
 2391  Authority. This section expires July 1, 2016.
 2392         Section 59. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2393  2644 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act and
 2394  notwithstanding s. 287.057, Florida Statutes, the Department of
 2395  Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles may extend its existing
 2396  contract for driver license equipment and consumables through
 2397  December 31, 2017, provided the price of each driver license and
 2398  identification card as of March 1, 2015, does not increase. The
 2399  contract extension must be executed on behalf of the department
 2400  and the contractor no later than August 1, 2015. This section
 2401  expires July 1, 2016.
 2402         Section 60. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2403  2645 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, the Department
 2404  of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles shall contract with the
 2405  corporation organized pursuant to part II of chapter 946,
 2406  Florida Statutes, to manufacture the current or newly redesigned
 2407  license plates, such contract being in the same manner and for
 2408  the same price as that paid by the department during the 2013
 2409  2014 fiscal year. The corporation shall seek sealed bids for the
 2410  reflectorized sheeting used in the manufacture of such license
 2411  plates, and in the event the sealed bids result in any savings
 2412  in the sheeting costs, the corporation shall credit to the
 2413  department an amount equal to 70 percent of the savings. The
 2414  name of the county may not appear on any redesigned license
 2415  plate. This section expires July 1, 2016.
 2416         Section 61. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2417  1916 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, paragraph (i)
 2418  of subsection (4) and paragraph (b) of subsection (5) of section
 2419  339.135, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 2420         339.135 Work program; legislative budget request;
 2421  definitions; preparation, adoption, execution, and amendment.—
 2422         (4) FUNDING AND DEVELOPING A TENTATIVE WORK PROGRAM.—
 2423         (i) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), and for the 2015-2016
 2424  2014-2015 fiscal year only, the Department of Transportation
 2425  shall may use appropriated funds to support the establishment of
 2426  a statewide system of interconnected multiuse trails and to pay
 2427  the costs of planning, land acquisition, design, and
 2428  construction of such trails and related facilities. Funds
 2429  specifically appropriated for this purpose may not reduce,
 2430  delete, or defer any existing projects funded as of July 1, 2015
 2431  2014, in the department’s 5-year work program. This paragraph
 2432  expires July 1, 2016 2015.
 2433         (5) ADOPTION OF THE WORK PROGRAM.—
 2434         (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), and for the 2015-2016
 2435  2014-2015 fiscal year only, the department shall may use
 2436  appropriated funds to support the establishment of a statewide
 2437  system of interconnected multiuse trails and to pay the costs of
 2438  planning, land acquisition, design, and construction of such
 2439  trails and related facilities. Funds specifically appropriated
 2440  for this purpose may not reduce, delete, or defer any existing
 2441  projects funded as of July 1, 2015 2014, in the department’s 5
 2442  year work program. This paragraph expires July 1, 2016 2015.
 2443         Section 62. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2444  1911 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, subsection (2)
 2445  of section 339.2818, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2446         339.2818 Small County Outreach Program.—
 2447         (2)(a) For the purposes of this section, the term “small
 2448  county” means any county that has a population of 150,000 or
 2449  less as determined by the most recent official estimate pursuant
 2450  to s. 186.901.
 2451         (b) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), for the 2015-2016 fiscal
 2452  year, for purposes of this section, the term “small county”
 2453  means any county that has a population of 165,000 or less as
 2454  determined by the most recent official estimate pursuant to s.
 2455  186.901. This paragraph expires July 1, 2016.
 2456         Section 63. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2457  1894 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, subsection
 2458  (10) of section 341.302, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
 2459         341.302 Rail program; duties and responsibilities of the
 2460  department.—The department, in conjunction with other
 2461  governmental entities, including the rail enterprise and the
 2462  private sector, shall develop and implement a rail program of
 2463  statewide application designed to ensure the proper maintenance,
 2464  safety, revitalization, and expansion of the rail system to
 2465  assure its continued and increased availability to respond to
 2466  statewide mobility needs. Within the resources provided pursuant
 2467  to chapter 216, and as authorized under federal law, the
 2468  department shall:
 2469         (10)(a) Administer rail operating and construction
 2470  programs, which programs shall include the regulation of maximum
 2471  train operating speeds, the opening and closing of public grade
 2472  crossings, the construction and rehabilitation of public grade
 2473  crossings, the installation of traffic control devices at public
 2474  grade crossings, the approval and implementation of quiet zones,
 2475  and administration of the programs by the department, including
 2476  participation in the cost of the programs.
 2477         (b) Provide grant funding to assist with the implementation
 2478  of quiet zones that have been approved by the department, which
 2479  funding may not exceed 50 percent of the nonfederal and
 2480  nonprivate share of the total costs of any quiet zone capital
 2481  improvement project.
 2482         (c) Coordinate and work closely with local, state, and
 2483  federal agencies to provide technical support to local agencies
 2484  for the development of quiet zone plans.
 2485         (d) Monitor crossing incidents at approved quiet zone
 2486  locations and suspend the operation of a quiet zone at any time
 2487  the department determines that a significant deterioration in
 2488  safety is resulting from quiet zone implementation.
 2489         Section 64. The amendment to s. 341.302(10), Florida
 2490  Statutes, as carried forward by this act from chapter 2014-53,
 2491  Laws of Florida, expires July 1, 2016, and the text of that
 2492  subsection shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2014,
 2493  except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by
 2494  this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
 2495  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
 2496  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
 2497         Section 65. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2498  1910 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, subsection (3)
 2499  of section 339.2816, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
 2500         339.2816 Small County Road Assistance Program.—
 2501         (3) In the 2015-2016 fiscal year Beginning with fiscal year
 2502  1999-2000 until fiscal year 2009-2010, and beginning again with
 2503  fiscal year 2012-2013, up to $50 $25 million annually from the
 2504  State Transportation Trust Fund may be used for the purposes of
 2505  funding the Small County Road Assistance Program as described in
 2506  this section.
 2507         Section 66. The amendment made by this act to s.
 2508  339.2816(3), Florida Statutes, expires July 1, 2016, and the
 2509  text of that subsection shall revert to that in existence on
 2510  June 30, 2015, except that any amendments to such text enacted
 2511  other than by this act shall be preserved and continue to
 2512  operate to the extent that such amendments are not dependent
 2513  upon the portions of text which expire pursuant to this section.
 2514         Section 67. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2515  2241 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, subsection
 2516  (10) is added to section 420.9072, Florida Statutes, to read:
 2517         420.9072 State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program.—The
 2518  State Housing Initiatives Partnership Program is created for the
 2519  purpose of providing funds to counties and eligible
 2520  municipalities as an incentive for the creation of local housing
 2521  partnerships, to expand production of and preserve affordable
 2522  housing, to further the housing element of the local government
 2523  comprehensive plan specific to affordable housing, and to
 2524  increase housing-related employment.
 2525         (10) Notwithstanding ss. 420.9071(26) and 420.9075(5) and
 2526  subsection (7), for the 2015-2016 fiscal year:
 2527         (a) The term “rent subsidies” means ongoing monthly rental
 2528  assistance.
 2529         (b) Up to 25 percent of the funds made available in each
 2530  county and each eligible municipality from the local housing
 2531  distribution may be used for rental assistance and rent
 2532  subsidies as provided in paragraph (c).
 2533         (c) A county or an eligible municipality may expend its
 2534  portion of the local housing distribution to provide the
 2535  following types of rental assistance and rent subsidies:
 2536         1.Security and utility deposit assistance.
 2537         2.Eviction prevention subsidies not to exceed 6 months’
 2538  rent.
 2539         3.Rent subsidies for very-low-income households with at
 2540  least one adult who is a person with special needs as defined in
 2541  s. 420.0004 or a person who is homeless as defined in s. 420.621
 2542  when the person initially qualified for a rent subsidy. The
 2543  period of rental subsidy may not exceed 12 months for any
 2544  eligible household or person.
 2545         (d) This subsection expires July 1, 2016.
 2546         Section 68. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2547  2240 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, subsection
 2548  (10) is added to section 420.5087, Florida Statutes, to read:
 2549         420.5087 State Apartment Incentive Loan Program.—There is
 2550  hereby created the State Apartment Incentive Loan Program for
 2551  the purpose of providing first, second, or other subordinated
 2552  mortgage loans or loan guarantees to sponsors, including for
 2553  profit, nonprofit, and public entities, to provide housing
 2554  affordable to very-low-income persons.
 2555         (10)(a) Notwithstanding subsection (3), for the 2015-2016
 2556  fiscal year, the reservation of funds for the tenant groups
 2557  within each notice of fund availability shall be:
 2558         1. Not less than 10 percent of the funds available at that
 2559  time for the following tenant groups:
 2560         a. Families;
 2561         b. Persons who are homeless;
 2562         c. Persons with special needs; and
 2563         d. Elderly persons.
 2564         2. Not less than 5 percent of the funds available at that
 2565  time for the commercial fishing workers and farmworkers tenant
 2566  group.
 2567         (b) This subsection expires July 1, 2016.
 2568         Section 69. (1) In order to implement Specific
 2569  Appropriation 2250 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act
 2570  and notwithstanding any provision of the Florida Building Code
 2571  or other provision of law, the following provisions shall not
 2572  take effect until June 30, 2016:
 2573         (a) Mandatory blower door testing for residential buildings
 2574  or dwelling units as contained in Section R402.4.1.2 of the
 2575  Florida Building Code, 5th Edition (2014) Energy Conservation
 2576  Volume;
 2577         (b) A second fire service access elevator as contained in
 2578  Section 403.6.1 of the Florida Building Code, 5th Edition (2014)
 2579  Building Volume; and
 2580         (c) Mechanical ventilation for residential buildings or
 2581  dwelling units as contained in Section R303.4 of the Florida
 2582  Building Code, 5th Edition (2014) Residential Volume.
 2583         (2) This section shall expire July 1, 2016.
 2584         Section 70. In order to implement the salaries and
 2585  benefits, expenses, other personal services, contracted
 2586  services, special categories, and operating capital outlay
 2587  categories of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act,
 2588  paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 216.292, Florida
 2589  Statutes, is reenacted to read:
 2590         216.292 Appropriations nontransferable; exceptions.—
 2591         (2) The following transfers are authorized to be made by
 2592  the head of each department or the Chief Justice of the Supreme
 2593  Court whenever it is deemed necessary by reason of changed
 2594  conditions:
 2595         (a) The transfer of appropriations funded from identical
 2596  funding sources, except appropriations for fixed capital outlay,
 2597  and the transfer of amounts included within the total original
 2598  approved budget and plans of releases of appropriations as
 2599  furnished pursuant to ss. 216.181 and 216.192, as follows:
 2600         1. Between categories of appropriations within a budget
 2601  entity, if no category of appropriation is increased or
 2602  decreased by more than 5 percent of the original approved budget
 2603  or $250,000, whichever is greater, by all action taken under
 2604  this subsection.
 2605         2. Between budget entities within identical categories of
 2606  appropriations, if no category of appropriation is increased or
 2607  decreased by more than 5 percent of the original approved budget
 2608  or $250,000, whichever is greater, by all action taken under
 2609  this subsection.
 2610         3. Any agency exceeding salary rate established pursuant to
 2611  s. 216.181(8) on June 30th of any fiscal year shall not be
 2612  authorized to make transfers pursuant to subparagraphs 1. and 2.
 2613  in the subsequent fiscal year.
 2614         4. Notice of proposed transfers under subparagraphs 1. and
 2615  2. shall be provided to the Executive Office of the Governor and
 2616  the chairs of the legislative appropriations committees at least
 2617  3 days prior to agency implementation in order to provide an
 2618  opportunity for review.
 2619         Section 71. The amendment to s. 216.292(2)(a), Florida
 2620  Statutes, as carried forward by this act from chapter 2014-53,
 2621  Laws of Florida, expires July 1, 2016, and the text of that
 2622  paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2014,
 2623  except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by
 2624  this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
 2625  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
 2626  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
 2627         Section 72. In order to implement the appropriation of
 2628  funds in the contracted services and expenses categories of the
 2629  2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, a state agency may not
 2630  initiate a competitive solicitation for a product or service if
 2631  the completion of such competitive solicitation would:
 2632         (1) Require a change in law; or
 2633         (2) Require a change to the agency’s budget other than a
 2634  transfer authorized in s. 216.292(2) or (3), Florida Statutes,
 2635  unless the initiation of such competitive solicitation is
 2636  specifically authorized in law, in the General Appropriations
 2637  Act, or by the Legislative Budget Commission.
 2638  
 2639  This section does not apply to a competitive solicitation for
 2640  which the agency head certifies that a valid emergency exists.
 2641  This section expires July 1, 2016.
 2642         Section 73. In order to implement the appropriation of
 2643  funds in the appropriation category “Special Categories-Risk
 2644  Management Insurance” in the 2015-2016 General Appropriations
 2645  Act, and pursuant to the notice, review, and objection
 2646  procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the Executive Office
 2647  of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated in that category
 2648  between departments in order to align the budget authority
 2649  granted with the premiums paid by each department for risk
 2650  management insurance. This section expires July 1, 2016.
 2651         Section 74. In order to implement the appropriation of
 2652  funds in the appropriation category “Special Categories-Transfer
 2653  to Department of Management Services-Human Resources Services
 2654  Purchased per Statewide Contract” in the 2015-2016 General
 2655  Appropriations Act, and pursuant to the notice, review, and
 2656  objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida Statutes, the
 2657  Executive Office of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated
 2658  in that category between departments in order to align the
 2659  budget authority granted with the assessments that must be paid
 2660  by each agency to the Department of Management Services for
 2661  human resource management services. This section expires July 1,
 2662  2016.
 2663         Section 75. In order to implement appropriations for
 2664  salaries and benefits in the 2015-2016 General Appropriations
 2665  Act, subsection (6) of section 112.24, Florida Statutes, is
 2666  amended to read:
 2667         112.24 Intergovernmental interchange of public employees.
 2668  To encourage economical and effective utilization of public
 2669  employees in this state, the temporary assignment of employees
 2670  among agencies of government, both state and local, and
 2671  including school districts and public institutions of higher
 2672  education is authorized under terms and conditions set forth in
 2673  this section. State agencies, municipalities, and political
 2674  subdivisions are authorized to enter into employee interchange
 2675  agreements with other state agencies, the Federal Government,
 2676  another state, a municipality, or a political subdivision
 2677  including a school district, or with a public institution of
 2678  higher education. State agencies are also authorized to enter
 2679  into employee interchange agreements with private institutions
 2680  of higher education and other nonprofit organizations under the
 2681  terms and conditions provided in this section. In addition, the
 2682  Governor or the Governor and Cabinet may enter into employee
 2683  interchange agreements with a state agency, the Federal
 2684  Government, another state, a municipality, or a political
 2685  subdivision including a school district, or with a public
 2686  institution of higher learning to fill, subject to the
 2687  requirements of chapter 20, appointive offices which are within
 2688  the executive branch of government and which are filled by
 2689  appointment by the Governor or the Governor and Cabinet. Under
 2690  no circumstances shall employee interchange agreements be
 2691  utilized for the purpose of assigning individuals to participate
 2692  in political campaigns. Duties and responsibilities of
 2693  interchange employees shall be limited to the mission and goals
 2694  of the agencies of government.
 2695         (6) For the 2015-2016 2014-2015 fiscal year only, the
 2696  assignment of an employee of a state agency as provided in this
 2697  section may be made if recommended by the Governor or Chief
 2698  Justice, as appropriate, and approved by the chairs of the
 2699  legislative appropriations committees. Such actions shall be
 2700  deemed approved if neither chair provides written notice of
 2701  objection within 14 days after receiving notice of the action
 2702  pursuant to s. 216.177. This subsection expires July 1, 2016
 2703  2015.
 2704         Section 76. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 2705  2665 and 2666 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act and
 2706  notwithstanding s. 11.13(1), Florida Statutes, the authorized
 2707  salaries for members of the Legislature for the 2015-2016 fiscal
 2708  year shall be set at the same level in effect on July 1, 2010.
 2709  This section expires July 1, 2016.
 2710         Section 77. In order to implement the transfer of funds to
 2711  the General Revenue Fund from trust funds in the 2015-2016
 2712  General Appropriations Act, paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of
 2713  section 215.32, Florida Statutes, is reenacted to read:
 2714         215.32 State funds; segregation.—
 2715         (2) The source and use of each of these funds shall be as
 2716  follows:
 2717         (b)1. The trust funds shall consist of moneys received by
 2718  the state which under law or under trust agreement are
 2719  segregated for a purpose authorized by law. The state agency or
 2720  branch of state government receiving or collecting such moneys
 2721  is responsible for their proper expenditure as provided by law.
 2722  Upon the request of the state agency or branch of state
 2723  government responsible for the administration of the trust fund,
 2724  the Chief Financial Officer may establish accounts within the
 2725  trust fund at a level considered necessary for proper
 2726  accountability. Once an account is established, the Chief
 2727  Financial Officer may authorize payment from that account only
 2728  upon determining that there is sufficient cash and releases at
 2729  the level of the account.
 2730         2. In addition to other trust funds created by law, to the
 2731  extent possible, each agency shall use the following trust funds
 2732  as described in this subparagraph for day-to-day operations:
 2733         a. Operations or operating trust fund, for use as a
 2734  depository for funds to be used for program operations funded by
 2735  program revenues, with the exception of administrative
 2736  activities when the operations or operating trust fund is a
 2737  proprietary fund.
 2738         b. Operations and maintenance trust fund, for use as a
 2739  depository for client services funded by third-party payors.
 2740         c. Administrative trust fund, for use as a depository for
 2741  funds to be used for management activities that are departmental
 2742  in nature and funded by indirect cost earnings and assessments
 2743  against trust funds. Proprietary funds are excluded from the
 2744  requirement of using an administrative trust fund.
 2745         d. Grants and donations trust fund, for use as a depository
 2746  for funds to be used for allowable grant or donor agreement
 2747  activities funded by restricted contractual revenue from private
 2748  and public nonfederal sources.
 2749         e. Agency working capital trust fund, for use as a
 2750  depository for funds to be used pursuant to s. 216.272.
 2751         f. Clearing funds trust fund, for use as a depository for
 2752  funds to account for collections pending distribution to lawful
 2753  recipients.
 2754         g. Federal grant trust fund, for use as a depository for
 2755  funds to be used for allowable grant activities funded by
 2756  restricted program revenues from federal sources.
 2757  
 2758  To the extent possible, each agency must adjust its internal
 2759  accounting to use existing trust funds consistent with the
 2760  requirements of this subparagraph. If an agency does not have
 2761  trust funds listed in this subparagraph and cannot make such
 2762  adjustment, the agency must recommend the creation of the
 2763  necessary trust funds to the Legislature no later than the next
 2764  scheduled review of the agency’s trust funds pursuant to s.
 2765  215.3206.
 2766         3. All such moneys are hereby appropriated to be expended
 2767  in accordance with the law or trust agreement under which they
 2768  were received, subject always to the provisions of chapter 216
 2769  relating to the appropriation of funds and to the applicable
 2770  laws relating to the deposit or expenditure of moneys in the
 2771  State Treasury.
 2772         4.a. Notwithstanding any provision of law restricting the
 2773  use of trust funds to specific purposes, unappropriated cash
 2774  balances from selected trust funds may be authorized by the
 2775  Legislature for transfer to the Budget Stabilization Fund and
 2776  General Revenue Fund in the General Appropriations Act.
 2777         b. This subparagraph does not apply to trust funds required
 2778  by federal programs or mandates; trust funds established for
 2779  bond covenants, indentures, or resolutions whose revenues are
 2780  legally pledged by the state or public body to meet debt service
 2781  or other financial requirements of any debt obligations of the
 2782  state or any public body; the Division of Licensing Trust Fund
 2783  in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; the
 2784  State Transportation Trust Fund; the trust fund containing the
 2785  net annual proceeds from the Florida Education Lotteries; the
 2786  Florida Retirement System Trust Fund; trust funds under the
 2787  management of the State Board of Education or the Board of
 2788  Governors of the State University System, where such trust funds
 2789  are for auxiliary enterprises, self-insurance, and contracts,
 2790  grants, and donations, as those terms are defined by general
 2791  law; trust funds that serve as clearing funds or accounts for
 2792  the Chief Financial Officer or state agencies; trust funds that
 2793  account for assets held by the state in a trustee capacity as an
 2794  agent or fiduciary for individuals, private organizations, or
 2795  other governmental units; and other trust funds authorized by
 2796  the State Constitution.
 2797         Section 78. The amendment to s. 215.32(2)(b), Florida
 2798  Statutes, as carried forward by this act from chapter 2011-47,
 2799  Laws of Florida, expires July 1, 2016, and the text of that
 2800  paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2011,
 2801  except that any amendments to such text enacted other than by
 2802  this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
 2803  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
 2804  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
 2805         Section 79. In order to implement the issuance of new debt
 2806  authorized in the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, and
 2807  pursuant to s. 215.98, Florida Statutes, the Legislature
 2808  determines that the authorization and issuance of debt for the
 2809  2015-2016 fiscal year should be implemented and is in the best
 2810  interest of the state. This section expires July 1, 2016.
 2811         Section 80. In order to implement appropriations in the
 2812  2015-2016 General Appropriations Act for state employee travel,
 2813  the funds appropriated to each state agency which may be used
 2814  for travel by state employees shall be limited during the 2015
 2815  2016 fiscal year to travel for activities that are critical to
 2816  each state agency’s mission. Funds may not be used for travel by
 2817  state employees to foreign countries, other states, conferences,
 2818  staff training activities, or other administrative functions
 2819  unless the agency head has approved, in writing, that such
 2820  activities are critical to the agency’s mission. The agency head
 2821  shall consider using teleconferencing and other forms of
 2822  electronic communication to meet the needs of the proposed
 2823  activity before approving mission-critical travel. This section
 2824  does not apply to travel for law enforcement purposes, military
 2825  purposes, emergency management activities, or public health
 2826  activities. This section expires July 1, 2016.
 2827         Section 81. In order to implement Specific Appropriations
 2828  2906 through 2927 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act,
 2829  funded from the data processing appropriation category for
 2830  computing services of user agencies, and pursuant to the notice,
 2831  review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida
 2832  Statutes, the Executive Office of the Governor may transfer
 2833  funds appropriated for data processing in the 2015-2016 General
 2834  Appropriations Act between agencies in order to align the budget
 2835  authority granted with the utilization rate of each department.
 2836  This section expires July 1, 2016.
 2837         Section 82. In order to implement the appropriation of
 2838  funds in the appropriation category “Data Processing Services
 2839  State Data Center-Agency for State Technology (AST)” in the
 2840  2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, and pursuant to the
 2841  notice, review, and objection procedures of s. 216.177, Florida
 2842  Statutes, the Executive Office of the Governor may transfer
 2843  funds appropriated in that category between departments in order
 2844  to align the budget authority granted based on the estimated
 2845  billing cycle and methodology used by the Agency for State
 2846  Technology for data processing services provided by the State
 2847  Data Center. This section expires July 1, 2016.
 2848         Section 83. In order to implement appropriations authorized
 2849  in the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act for data center
 2850  services, and notwithstanding s. 216.292(2)(a), Florida
 2851  Statutes, except as authorized in sections 81 and 82 of this
 2852  act, an agency may not transfer funds from a data processing
 2853  category to a category other than another data processing
 2854  category. This section expires July 1, 2016.
 2855         Section 84. In order to implement Specific Appropriation
 2856  2840 of the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act, the Executive
 2857  Office of the Governor may transfer funds appropriated in the
 2858  appropriation category “Expenses” of the 2015-2016 General
 2859  Appropriations Act between agencies in order to allocate a
 2860  reduction relating to SUNCOM Network services. This section
 2861  expires July 1, 2016.
 2862         Section 85. In order to implement section 8 of the 2015
 2863  2016 General Appropriations Act, section 110.12315, Florida
 2864  Statutes, is reenacted to read:
 2865         110.12315 Prescription drug program.—The state employees’
 2866  prescription drug program is established. This program shall be
 2867  administered by the Department of Management Services, according
 2868  to the terms and conditions of the plan as established by the
 2869  relevant provisions of the annual General Appropriations Act and
 2870  implementing legislation, subject to the following conditions:
 2871         (1) The department shall allow prescriptions written by
 2872  health care providers under the plan to be filled by any
 2873  licensed pharmacy pursuant to contractual claims-processing
 2874  provisions. Nothing in this section may be construed as
 2875  prohibiting a mail order prescription drug program distinct from
 2876  the service provided by retail pharmacies.
 2877         (2) In providing for reimbursement of pharmacies for
 2878  prescription medicines dispensed to members of the state group
 2879  health insurance plan and their dependents under the state
 2880  employees’ prescription drug program:
 2881         (a) Retail pharmacies participating in the program must be
 2882  reimbursed at a uniform rate and subject to uniform conditions,
 2883  according to the terms and conditions of the plan.
 2884         (b) There shall be a 30-day supply limit for prescription
 2885  card purchases, a 90-day supply limit for maintenance
 2886  prescription drug purchases, and a 90-day supply limit for mail
 2887  order or mail order prescription drug purchases.
 2888         (c) The pharmacy dispensing fee shall be negotiated by the
 2889  department.
 2890         (3) Pharmacy reimbursement rates shall be as follows:
 2891         (a) For mail order and specialty pharmacies contracting
 2892  with the department, reimbursement rates shall be as established
 2893  in the contract.
 2894         (b) For retail pharmacies, the reimbursement rate shall be
 2895  at the same rate as mail order pharmacies under contract with
 2896  the department.
 2897         (4) The department shall maintain the preferred brand name
 2898  drug list to be used in the administration of the state
 2899  employees’ prescription drug program.
 2900         (5) The department shall maintain a list of maintenance
 2901  drugs.
 2902         (a) Preferred provider organization health plan members may
 2903  have prescriptions for maintenance drugs filled up to three
 2904  times as a 30-day supply through a retail pharmacy; thereafter,
 2905  prescriptions for the same maintenance drug must be filled as a
 2906  90-day supply either through the department’s contracted mail
 2907  order pharmacy or through a retail pharmacy.
 2908         (b) Health maintenance organization health plan members may
 2909  have prescriptions for maintenance drugs filled as a 90-day
 2910  supply either through a mail order pharmacy or through a retail
 2911  pharmacy.
 2912         (6) Copayments made by health plan members for a 90-day
 2913  supply through a retail pharmacy shall be the same as copayments
 2914  made for a 90-day supply through the department’s contracted
 2915  mail order pharmacy.
 2916         (7) The department shall establish the reimbursement
 2917  schedule for prescription pharmaceuticals dispensed under the
 2918  program. Reimbursement rates for a prescription pharmaceutical
 2919  must be based on the cost of the generic equivalent drug if a
 2920  generic equivalent exists, unless the physician prescribing the
 2921  pharmaceutical clearly states on the prescription that the brand
 2922  name drug is medically necessary or that the drug product is
 2923  included on the formulary of drug products that may not be
 2924  interchanged as provided in chapter 465, in which case
 2925  reimbursement must be based on the cost of the brand name drug
 2926  as specified in the reimbursement schedule adopted by the
 2927  department.
 2928         (8) The department shall conduct a prescription utilization
 2929  review program. In order to participate in the state employees’
 2930  prescription drug program, retail pharmacies dispensing
 2931  prescription medicines to members of the state group health
 2932  insurance plan or their covered dependents, or to subscribers or
 2933  covered dependents of a health maintenance organization plan
 2934  under the state group insurance program, shall make their
 2935  records available for this review.
 2936         (9) The department shall implement such additional cost
 2937  saving measures and adjustments as may be required to balance
 2938  program funding within appropriations provided, including a
 2939  trial or starter dose program and dispensing of long-term
 2940  maintenance medication in lieu of acute therapy medication.
 2941         (10) Participating pharmacies must use a point-of-sale
 2942  device or an online computer system to verify a participant’s
 2943  eligibility for coverage. The state is not liable for
 2944  reimbursement of a participating pharmacy for dispensing
 2945  prescription drugs to any person whose current eligibility for
 2946  coverage has not been verified by the state’s contracted
 2947  administrator or by the department.
 2948         (11) Under the state employees’ prescription drug program
 2949  copayments must be made as follows:
 2950         (a) Effective January 1, 2013, for the State Group Health
 2951  Insurance Standard Plan:
 2952         1. For generic drug with card.........................$7.
 2953         2. For preferred brand name drug with card...........$30.
 2954         3. For nonpreferred brand name drug with card........$50.
 2955         4. For generic mail order drug.......................$14.
 2956         5. For preferred brand name mail order drug..........$60.
 2957         6. For nonpreferred brand name mail order drug......$100.
 2958         (b) Effective January 1, 2006, for the State Group Health
 2959  Insurance High Deductible Plan:
 2960         1. Retail coinsurance for generic drug with card.....30%.
 2961         2. Retail coinsurance for preferred brand name drug with
 2962  card........................................................30%.
 2963         3. Retail coinsurance for nonpreferred brand name drug with
 2964  card........................................................50%.
 2965         4. Mail order coinsurance for generic drug...........30%.
 2966         5. Mail order coinsurance for preferred brand name drug30%.
 2967         6. Mail order coinsurance for nonpreferred brand name
 2968  drug........................................................50%.
 2969         (c) The department shall create a preferred brand name drug
 2970  list to be used in the administration of the state employees’
 2971  prescription drug program.
 2972         Section 86. (1) The amendment to s. 110.12315(2)(b),
 2973  Florida Statutes, as carried forward by this act from chapter
 2974  2014-53, Laws of Florida, expires July 1, 2016, and the text of
 2975  that paragraph shall revert to that in existence on June 30,
 2976  2012, except that any amendments to such text enacted other than
 2977  by this act shall be preserved and continue to operate to the
 2978  extent that such amendments are not dependent upon the portions
 2979  of text which expire pursuant to this section.
 2980         (2) The amendments to s. 110.12315(2)(c) and (3)-(6),
 2981  Florida Statutes, as carried forward by this act from chapter
 2982  2014-53, Laws of Florida, expire July 1, 2016, and the text of
 2983  that paragraph and the text and numbering of those subsections
 2984  shall revert to that in existence on June 30, 2014, except that
 2985  any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall
 2986  be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such
 2987  amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text that
 2988  expire pursuant to this section.
 2989         (3) The amendment to s. 110.12315(7), Florida Statutes, as
 2990  carried forward by this act from chapter 2014-53, Laws of
 2991  Florida, expires July 1, 2016, and shall revert to the text of
 2992  that subsection in existence on December 31, 2010, except that
 2993  any amendments to such text enacted other than by this act shall
 2994  be preserved and continue to operate to the extent that such
 2995  amendments are not dependent upon the portions of text which
 2996  expire pursuant to this section.
 2997         Section 87. Any section of this act which implements a
 2998  specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso
 2999  language in the 2015-2016 General Appropriations Act is void if
 3000  the specific appropriation or specifically identified proviso
 3001  language is vetoed. Any section of this act which implements
 3002  more than one specific appropriation or more than one portion of
 3003  specifically identified proviso language in the 2015-2016
 3004  General Appropriations Act is void if all the specific
 3005  appropriations or portions of specifically identified proviso
 3006  language are vetoed.
 3007         Section 88. If any other act passed during the 2015 Special
 3008  Session A of the Legislature contains a provision that is
 3009  substantively the same as a provision in this act, but that
 3010  removes or is otherwise not subject to the future repeal applied
 3011  to such provision by this act, the Legislature intends that the
 3012  provision in the other act takes precedence and continues to
 3013  operate, notwithstanding the future repeal provided by this act.
 3014         Section 89. If any law amended by this act was also amended
 3015  by a law enacted during the 2015 Regular Session of the
 3016  Legislature, such laws shall be construed as if enacted during
 3017  the same session of the Legislature, and full effect shall be
 3018  given to each if possible.
 3019         Section 90. If any provision of this act or its application
 3020  to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity
 3021  does not affect other provisions or applications of the act
 3022  which can be given effect without the invalid provision or
 3023  application, and to this end the provisions of this act are
 3024  severable.
 3025         Section 91. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this
 3026  act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon
 3027  this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect July 1,
 3028  2015, or, if this act fails to become a law until after that
 3029  date, it shall take effect upon becoming a law and operate
 3030  retroactively to July 1, 2015.