Florida Sunshine Law and Bills

[FLlaw111]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
Florida

I am a student at a Florida university. At my schools' student government the senate follows a state law which says that when a bill is being discussed for the funding of something, no past bills can be mentioned. So if a bill comes up that proposes to spend $10,000 on a giant statue of Homer Simpson, no one is allowed to mention what the average funding bill costs, or what the last 10 bills were for or anything like that.

The trouble is that I cannot locate this law anywhere in the Sunshine Law Statutes it is said to be a part of.

Can anyone shed some light on this?

Oh, and now that I think of it I remember I was also told by staff that any request for information by a student directed toward student government officials did not have any time limit and could be postponed indefinitely.

Thank you,

 

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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?
Florida

I am a student at a Florida university. At my schools' student government the senate follows a state law which says that when a bill is being discussed for the funding of something, no past bills can be mentioned. So if a bill comes up that proposes to spend $10,000 on a giant statue of Homer Simpson, no one is allowed to mention what the average funding bill costs, or what the last 10 bills were for or anything like that.

The trouble is that I cannot locate this law anywhere in the Sunshine Law Statutes it is said to be a part of.

Can anyone shed some light on this?

Oh, and now that I think of it I remember I was also told by staff that any request for information by a student directed toward student government officials did not have any time limit and could be postponed indefinitely.

Thank you,

We don't do research.

 

[davew128]

There is a town in Rhode Island where the mayor spent a large sum on a solid gold statue of Dig 'Em. Dig 'Em - Family Guy Wiki

So the idea that a town might spend money on a statue of Homer? Not a big deal to me.....

 

[FLlaw111]

We don't do research.

Correct, I don't expect anyone to do my homework.

But I was hoping it might trip someone's BS-o-meter. Or I could get tips on how to solve this thing.

Your tax dollars go to our mistakes, it's sad.

 

[csi7]

I would submit this question to the website of MyFlorida.com. It lists the state agencies, and allows you to submit queries on-line.