HB 1011 2003
1	A reviser's bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the Florida Statutes; amending ss.
3	411.226, 1011.31, 1011.42, and 1013.12, F.S., to conform
4	to the directive in s. 1, ch. 93-199, Laws of Florida, to
5	remove gender-specific references applicable to human
6	beings from the Florida Statutes without substantive
7	change in legal effect.
8
9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11	Section 1. Paragraph (f) of subsection (2) of section
12	411.226, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
13	411.226 Learning Gateway.--
14	(2) LEARNING GATEWAY STEERING COMMITTEE.--
15	(f) Steering committee appointments must be made, and the
16	committee must hold its first meeting, within 90 days after this
17	act takes effect. Steering committee members shall be appointed
18	to serve a term of 3 years. The Governor shall designate the
19	chairchairmanof the steering committee.
20	Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 1011.31, Florida
21	Statutes, is amended to read:
22	1011.31 Current loans to community college boards of
23	trustees.--
24	(2) The Commissioner of Education shall approve such
25	proposal when, in his or heropinion, the proposal is reasonable
26	and just, the expenditure is necessary, and revenues sufficient
27	to meet the requirements of the loan can reasonably be
28	anticipated.
29	Section 3. Subsection (6) of section 1011.42, Florida
30	Statutes, is amended to read:
31	1011.42 University depositories; deposits into and
32	withdrawals from depositories.--
33	(6) The university president or his or herdesignee, after
34	having been specifically authorized by the university board of
35	trustees, may transfer funds from one depository to another,
36	within a depository, to another institution, or from another
37	institution to a depository for investment purposes and may
38	transfer funds in a similar manner when the transfer does not
39	represent an expenditure, advance, or reduction of cash assets.
40	Section 4. Subsection (7) of section 1013.12, Florida
41	Statutes, is amended to read:
42	1013.12 Casualty, safety, sanitation, and firesafety
43	standards and inspection of property.--The State Board of
44	Education shall adopt and administer rules prescribing standards
45	for the safety and health of occupants of educational and
46	ancillary plants as a part of State Requirements for Educational
47	Facilities or the Florida Building Code for educational
48	facilities construction as provided in s. 1013.37, except that
49	the State Fire Marshal in consultation with the Department of
50	Education shall adopt uniform firesafety standards for
51	educational and ancillary plants and educational facilities, as
52	provided in s. 633.022(1)(b), and a firesafety evaluation system
53	to be used as an alternate firesafety inspection standard for
54	existing educational and ancillary plants and educational
55	facilities. The uniform firesafety standards and the alternate
56	firesafety evaluation system shall be administered and enforced
57	by local fire officials. These standards must be used by all
58	public agencies when inspecting public educational and ancillary
59	plants, and the firesafety standards must be used by local fire
60	officials when performing firesafety inspections of public
61	educational and ancillary plants and educational facilities. In
62	accordance with such standards, each board shall prescribe
63	policies and procedures establishing a comprehensive program of
64	safety and sanitation for the protection of occupants of public
65	educational and ancillary plants. Such policies must contain
66	procedures for periodic inspections as prescribed herein and for
67	withdrawal of any educational and ancillary plant, or portion
68	thereof, from use until unsafe or unsanitary conditions are
69	corrected or removed.
70	(7) ANNUAL REPORT.--The State Fire Marshal shall publish
71	an annual report to be filed with the substantive committees of
72	the state House of Representatives and Senate having
73	jurisdiction over education, the Commissioner of Education or
74	his or hersuccessor, and the Governor documenting the status of
75	each board's firesafety program, including the improvement or
76	lack thereof.
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78	Reviser's note.--Amended pursuant to the directive of
79	the Legislature in s. 1, ch. 93-199, Laws of Florida,
80	to remove gender-specific references applicable to
81	human beings from the Florida Statutes without
82	substantive change in legal effect.
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84	Section 5. This act shall take effect on the 60th day
85	after adjournment sine die of the session of the Legislature in
86	which enacted.