Florida Senate - 2017                                    SB 1462
       
       
        
       By Senator Hutson
       
       
       
       
       
       7-01379-17                                            20171462__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to excess credit hour surcharges;
    3         amending s. 1009.286, F.S.; revising provisions
    4         relating to additional student payment for credit
    5         hours exceeding baccalaureate degree program
    6         completion requirements at state universities;
    7         providing an effective date.
    8          
    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Subsection (2) of section 1009.286, Florida
   12  Statutes, is amended to read:
   13         1009.286 Additional student payment for hours exceeding
   14  baccalaureate degree program completion requirements at state
   15  universities.—
   16         (2) State universities shall require a student to pay an
   17  excess hour surcharge for each credit hour in excess of the
   18  number of credit hours required to complete the baccalaureate
   19  degree program in which the student is enrolled. The excess hour
   20  surcharge shall become effective for students who enter a state
   21  university for the first time and maintain continuous enrollment
   22  as follows:
   23         (a) For the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 academic years, an
   24  excess hour surcharge equal to 50 percent of the tuition rate
   25  for each credit hour in excess of 120 percent.
   26         (b) For the 2011-2012 academic year and thereafter, an
   27  excess hour surcharge equal to 100 percent of the tuition rate
   28  for each credit hour in excess of 120 115 percent.
   29         (c) For the 2012-2013 academic year and thereafter, an
   30  excess hour surcharge equal to 100 percent of the tuition rate
   31  for each credit hour in excess of 110 percent.
   32         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2017.