Florida Senate - 2010                                     SB 894
       
       
       
       By Senator Jones
       
       
       
       
       13-00858-10                                            2010894__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the University of South Florida St.
    3         Petersburg; authorizing the Board of Trustees of the
    4         University of South Florida to increase the aggregate
    5         sum of activity and service, health, and athletic fees
    6         to exceed the 5 percent cap on annual increases for
    7         the purpose of increasing the activity and service fee
    8         at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg;
    9         requiring that revenue from the increase in the
   10         activity and service fee be used to construct and
   11         operate a multipurpose campus center on the University
   12         of South Florida St. Petersburg campus; requiring that
   13         any proposed increase in the fee be approved by the
   14         activity and service fee committee; providing an
   15         effective date.
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   17  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   19         Section 1. Notwithstanding s. 1009.24(4)(d), Florida
   20  Statutes, the Board of Trustees of the University of South
   21  Florida may increase the aggregate sum of activity and service,
   22  health, and athletic fees to exceed the 5 percent cap on annual
   23  increases to such fees for the 2010-2011 fiscal year for the
   24  purpose of increasing the activity and service fee at the
   25  University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Revenue generated by
   26  the increase in the activity and service fee shall be used to
   27  construct and operate a multipurpose campus center on the
   28  University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus. Any proposed
   29  increase in the fee must be approved by the university’s
   30  activity and service fee committee pursuant to s. 1009.24(10),
   31  Florida Statutes.
   32         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.