Florida Senate - 2009                       CS for CS for SB 622
       
       
       
       By the Committees on Higher Education Appropriations; and Higher
       Education; and Senator Oelrich
       
       
       
       605-05107-09                                           2009622c2
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to community college student fees;
    3         amending s. 1009.23, F.S.; authorizing community
    4         college boards of trustees to establish a
    5         transportation access fee; limiting the amount of the
    6         fee; providing a timeframe for a fee increase and
    7         implementation of an increase; prohibiting the
    8         inclusion of the fee in calculating the amount a
    9         student receives under Florida Bright Futures
   10         Scholarship Program awards; providing an effective
   11         date.
   12  
   13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   14  
   15         Section 1. Present subsection (17) of section 1009.23,
   16  Florida Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (18), and a new
   17  subsection (17) is added to that section to read:
   18         1009.23 Community college student fees.—
   19         (17)(a) Each community college board of trustees may
   20  establish a transportation access fee to provide or improve
   21  access to transportation services for students enrolled in the
   22  community college. The fee may not exceed $6 per credit hour. An
   23  increase in the transportation access fee may only occur once
   24  each fiscal year and must be implemented beginning with the fall
   25  term.
   26         (b) Notwithstanding ss. 1009.534, 1009.535, and 1009.536,
   27  the transportation access fee authorized under paragraph (a)
   28  shall not be included in calculating the amount a student
   29  receives for a Florida Academic Scholars award, a Florida
   30  Medallion Scholars award, or a Florida Gold Seal Vocational
   31  Scholars award.
   32         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.