Fla. Stat. § 120.655

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120.655 Withholding funds to pay for administrative law judge services to school boards.

Official statutory text

If a district school board fails to make a timely payment for the services provided by an administrative law judge of the Division of Administrative Hearings as provided annually in the General Appropriations Act, the Commissioner of Education shall withhold, from any general revenue funds the district is eligible to receive, an amount sufficient to pay for the administrative law judge’s services. The commissioner shall transfer the amount withheld to the Division of Administrative Hearings in payment of such services.

History: s. 1, ch. 92-121; s. 32, ch. 96-159.

Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site

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