Florida Senate - 2012                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1156
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                    Senate             .             House              
                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  02/17/2012           .                                
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       The Committee on Higher Education (Negron) recommended the
       following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete lines 43 - 72
    4  and insert:
    5         (b) Beginning with the 2012 fall term, each university
    6  board of trustees may increase the Capital Improvement Trust
    7  Fund fee and the building fee. Any increase in the fees must be
    8  recommended by a Capital Improvement Trust Fund and building fee
    9  committee, at least one-half of whom are students appointed by
   10  the student body president. The remainder of the committee shall
   11  be appointed by the university president. A chairperson,
   12  appointed jointly by the university president and the student
   13  body president, shall vote only in the case of a tie. The
   14  recommendations of the committee shall take effect only after
   15  approval by the university president, after consultation with
   16  the student body president, with final approval by the
   17  university board of trustees. An increase in the fees may occur
   18  only once each fiscal year and must be implemented beginning
   19  with the fall term. The Board of Governors shall adopt
   20  regulations and timetables to implement the fees.
   21         (c) The sum of the fees may not exceed 10 percent of the
   22  tuition for resident students or 10 percent of the sum of
   23  tuition and out-of-state fees for nonresident students. The
   24  Capital Improvement Trust Fund fee may be used to fund any
   25  project or real property acquisition that meets the requirements
   26  of chapter 1013. The Division of Bond Finance of the State Board
   27  of Administration shall analyze any proposed reductions to the
   28  Capital Improvement Trust Fund fee to ensure consistency with
   29  prudent financial management of the bond program associated with
   30  the revenues from the fee. The Board of Governors shall approve
   31  any proposed fee reductions.
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   34         And the title is amended as follows:
   35         Delete lines 3 - 28
   36  and insert:
   37         amending s. 1009.24, F.S.; authorizing each university
   38         board of trustees to increase the Capital Improvement
   39         Trust Fund fee and the building fee; requiring that a
   40         fee committee recommend any increase in the fees;
   41         requiring that the fee committee be composed of
   42         students and members appointed by the student body
   43         president and the university president, respectively;
   44         requiring that the university president approve
   45         committee recommendations; providing that any increase
   46         in fees may occur only once each fiscal year;
   47         requiring that the Board of Governors adopt
   48         regulations and timetables to implement the fees;
   49         prohibiting the sum of the Capital Improvement Trust
   50         Fund fee and the building fee from exceeding 10
   51         percent of the tuition for resident students or 10
   52         percent of the sum of tuition and out-of-state fees
   53         for nonresident students; authorizing the use of the
   54         Capital Improvement Trust Fund fee for certain
   55         projects or real property acquisitions; requiring that
   56         the Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of
   57         Administration analyze any proposed fee reductions to
   58         the Capital Improvement Trust Fund fee; requiring that
   59         the Board of Governors approve any proposed fee
   60         reductions;