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Legislature Sends Budget To Scott
May 10, 2013
The Legislature sent the proposed budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 to Gov. Rick Scott on Thursday, giving him 15 days to determine whether to sign the bill and which projects to strike if he does.
The $74.5 billion spending blueprint would boost pay for teachers and state employees, repay $300 million that lawmakers had drained from university reserves last year and set aside money for projects large and small, including $70 million to help restore the Everglades.
It would also increase university tuition by 3 percent, something that Scott seems unlikely to approve given his repeated insistence on holding down the cost of higher education, and hold about $2.8 billion in reserve. Scott will have to make his final decision by May 24.
By The News Service of Florida
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