Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 208
       
       
       
       By Senator Oelrich
       
       
       
       
       14-00288-10                                            2010208__
    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:
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   15         Section 1. Present subsection (17) of section 1009.23,
   16  Florida Statutes, is redesignated 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. Revenue from the
   21  transportation access fee may be used only for the provision or
   22  improvement of access to transportation services for students
   23  enrolled in the community college. The fee may not exceed $6 per
   24  credit hour. An increase in the transportation access fee may
   25  occur only once each fiscal year and must be implemented
   26  beginning with the fall term.
   27         (b) Notwithstanding ss. 1009.534, 1009.535, and 1009.536,
   28  the transportation access fee authorized under paragraph (a)
   29  shall not be included in calculating the amount a student
   30  receives for a Florida Academic Scholars award, a Florida
   31  Medallion Scholars award, or a Florida Gold Seal Vocational
   32  Scholars award.
   33         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.