Florida Senate - 2010                              CS for SB 436
       
       
       
       By the Committee on Higher Education; and Senator Baker
       
       
       
       
       589-02210-10                                           2010436c1
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to community colleges; amending s.
    3         288.8175, F.S., relating to educational institutes;
    4         conforming provisions; amending s. 1000.21, F.S.;
    5         renaming Palm Beach Community College and Seminole
    6         Community College as “Palm Beach State College” and
    7         “Seminole State College of Florida,” respectively;
    8         providing an effective date.
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   10  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         Section 1. Paragraph (d) of subsection (5) of section
   13  288.8175, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   14         288.8175 Linkage institutes between postsecondary
   15  institutions in this state and foreign countries.—
   16         (5) The institutes are:
   17         (d) Florida-Canada Institute (University of Central Florida
   18  and Palm Beach State Community College).
   19         Section 2. Paragraphs (r) and (y) of subsection (3) of
   20  section 1000.21, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   21         1000.21 Systemwide definitions.—As used in the Florida K-20
   22  Education Code:
   23         (3) “Florida college” or “community college,” except as
   24  otherwise specifically provided, includes all of the following
   25  public postsecondary educational institutions in the Florida
   26  College System and any branch campuses, centers, or other
   27  affiliates of the institution:
   28         (r) Palm Beach State Community College, which serves Palm
   29  Beach County.
   30         (y) Seminole State College of Florida Community College,
   31  which serves Seminole County.
   32         Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.