Senate Bill sb1566c1

    Florida Senate - 2006                           CS for SB 1566

    By the Committee on Education; and Senator Lynn





    581-1855-06

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to building and facility

  3         designations; amending s. 267.062, F.S.;

  4         authorizing the boards of trustees of state

  5         universities to name campus buildings and

  6         facilities for living persons; requiring the

  7         Board of Governors to adopt uniform policies;

  8         reserving the right of the Legislature to name

  9         buildings or facilities; amending s. 1013.79,

10         F.S.; conforming provisions to changes made by

11         the act; providing an effective date.

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13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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15         Section 1.  Subsection (1) of section 267.062, Florida

16  Statutes, is amended to read:

17         267.062  Naming of state buildings and other

18  facilities.--

19         (1)  Except as specifically provided by law, no state

20  building, road, bridge, park, recreational complex, or other

21  similar facility shall be named for any living person.

22  However, any such building or facility on the campus of a

23  state university may be named for a living person in

24  accordance with policies adopted by the university board of

25  trustees. The Board of Governors must adopt a uniform set of

26  policies to be used by each university board of trustees in

27  naming a building or facility for a living person. The

28  Legislature may enact legislation to name a building or

29  facility for a living person, which name may not be superseded

30  by a university board of trustees.

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    Florida Senate - 2006                           CS for SB 1566
    581-1855-06




 1         Section 2.  Subsection (11) of section 1013.79, Florida

 2  Statutes, is amended to read:

 3         1013.79  University Facility Enhancement Challenge

 4  Grant Program.--

 5         (11)  The surveys, architectural plans, facility, and

 6  equipment shall be the property of the State of Florida. A

 7  facility constructed pursuant to this section may be named in

 8  honor of a donor at the option of the university in accordance

 9  with s. 267.062 and the State Board of Education. No facility

10  shall be named after a living person without prior approval by

11  the Legislature.

12         Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2006.

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14          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
15                         Senate Bill 1566

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17  The committee substitute allows a university board of trustees
    to name a university building or facility for a living person
18  without legislative approval, in accordance with the policy to
    be adopted by the Board of Governors of the State University
19  System. The Legislature may name a university building for a
    living person, which a university cannot supersede.
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