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A bill to be entitled

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An act relating to daylight saving time; exempting the

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State of Florida and its political subdivisions from

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federal law that establishes a uniform time for an advance

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to daylight saving time; providing an effective date.

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     WHEREAS, the Uniform Time Act of 1966, 15 U.S.C. s. 260a,

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mandated a uniform and coordinated system of reckoning time

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throughout the United States, including the observance of

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daylight saving time during the summer months from 2 a.m. on the

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last Sunday of April until 2 a.m. on the last Sunday of October

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of each year, and

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     WHEREAS, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, Pub. L. No. 109-58,

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changed the period of daylight saving time so that beginning in

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2007 daylight saving time beings on the second Sunday in March

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and ends on the first Sunday in November, and

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     WHEREAS, states may exempt themselves from daylight saving

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time only by legislative act and by opting to observe standard

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time throughout the state, NOW, THEREFORE,

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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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     Section 1. Under 15 U.S.C. 260a, this state exempts itself

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and all of its political subdivisions from observation of

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advanced time, also known as daylight saving time, between 2 a.m.

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on the second Sunday in March and 2 a.m. on the first Sunday in

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November in each calendar year, and the entire state and all of

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its political subdivisions shall observe the standard time that

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is otherwise applicable during that time period.

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     Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.