995140                                                     
GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL                          Committee       Amendment
SB2500                                                  EDU              27


Senator(s): Mitchell and Smith
moved the following amendment:

Section: 28              EXPLANATION:

On Page: 353             Provides a loan to the Levy County School Board for
                         partial costs associated with the replacement of the
Spec App:                school which burned at Cedar Key.

NET IMPACT ON:            Total Funds       General Revenue          Trust Funds
    Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
Non-Recurring -                    0                     0                    0 
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                                                  Positions & Amount   Positions & Amount
                                                      DELETE         INSERT

        In Section 28  On Page 353

On page 353 in the back of the bill, insert a new section 28 as follows 
and renumber subsequent sections:

Section 28. There is hereby appropriated $675,000 as a loan from the
School Infrastructure Thrift Program account balance within the
Department of Education to the School Board of Levy County for partial
payment of the costs associated with the replacement of the Cedar Key
school which burned.  Release of these funds is contingent upon the Levy
County School Board agreeing to repay the loan to the School
Infrastructure Thrift Program account over a three year period at the
rate of $225,000 per year beginning with the 2002-03 fiscal year.

Line item amendments are accepted as part of the amendatory process. However, due to the necessity of using computerized systems this may entail a different placement within a budget entity or the renumbering of the specific appropriation items.
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