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| 1 | A bill to be entitled | ||
| 2 | An act relating to state purchasing agreements and | ||
| 3 | construction contracts; providing an act name; requiring | ||
| 4 | parties to certain state contracts or agreements to remit | ||
| 5 | a specified portion of the contract or agreement price to | ||
| 6 | the state for specified purposes; providing for | ||
| 7 | construction of the act in pari materia with laws enacted | ||
| 8 | during the 2003 Regular Session of the Legislature; | ||
| 9 | providing an effective date. | ||
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| 11 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: | ||
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| 13 | Section 1. (1) This is the “Slosberg Sunshine Remittance | ||
| 14 | Act.” | ||
| 15 | (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and in | ||
| 16 | addition to any provision of law relating to entering into | ||
| 17 | contracts or purchase agreements with the state, any person or | ||
| 18 | business entity who enters into any contract or purchase | ||
| 19 | agreement with the state to provide services or commodities or | ||
| 20 | to construct any public project shall remit to the state an | ||
| 21 | amount equal to 1 percent of the price under the contract or | ||
| 22 | agreement. The proceeds of such remittance shall be used solely | ||
| 23 | to provide for salaries to hire additional teachers for purposes | ||
| 24 | of s. 1, Art. IX of the State Constitution, relating to class | ||
| 25 | size limitations. | ||
| 26 | Section 2. If any law amended by this act was also amended | ||
| 27 | by a law enacted at the 2003 Regular Session of the Legislature, | ||
| 28 | such laws shall be construed as if they had been enacted at the | ||
| 29 | same session of the Legislature, and full effect shall be given | ||
| 30 | to each if possible. | ||
| 31 | Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. | ||