HB 0661 2004
1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to state university student fees; amending
3	s. 1009.24, F.S.; providing an exemption from caps for an
4	increase in the athletic fee to defray the costs
5	associated with changing athletic competitive divisions;
6	requiring approval of such increase; providing an
7	effective date.
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9	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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11	Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 1009.24, Florida
12	Statutes, is amended to read:
13	1009.24 State university student fees.--
14	(3) Within proviso in the General Appropriations Act and
15	law, each board of trustees shall set university tuition and
16	fees. The sum of the activity and service, health, and athletic
17	fees a student is required to pay to register for a course shall
18	not exceed 40 percent of the tuition established in law or in
19	the General Appropriations Act. No university shall be required
20	to lower any fee in effect on the effective date of this act in
21	order to comply with this subsection. Within the 40 percent cap,
22	universities may not increase the aggregate sum of activity and
23	service, health, and athletic fees more than 5 percent per year
24	unless specifically authorized in law or in the General
25	Appropriations Act. A university that changes athletic
26	competitive divisions may increase the athletic fee to defray
27	the costs associated with changing divisions. Any such increase
28	in the athletic fee is exempt from both the 40 percent cap and
29	the 5 percent cap on yearly increases in the sum of the activity
30	and service, health, and athletic fees. Any such increase must
31	be approved by the athletic fee committee in the process
32	outlined in subsection (11) and cannot exceed $2 per credit
33	hour.This subsection does not prohibit a university from
34	increasing or assessing optional fees related to specific
35	activities if payment of such fees is not required as a part of
36	registration for courses.
37	Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.