Florida Senate - 2012                                    SB 1156
       
       
       
       By Senator Flores
       
       
       
       
       38-00826-12                                           20121156__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to state university student fees;
    3         amending s. 1009.24, F.S.; prohibiting the sum of the
    4         Capital Improvement Trust Fund fee and the building
    5         fee from exceeding 10 percent of the tuition for
    6         resident students or 10 percent of the sum of tuition
    7         and out-of-state fees for nonresident students;
    8         authorizing the use of the Capital Improvement Trust
    9         Fund fee for certain projects or real property
   10         acquisitions; requiring that the Division of Bond
   11         Finance of the State Board of Administration analyze
   12         any proposed fee reductions to the Capital Improvement
   13         Trust Fund fee; requiring that the Board of Governors
   14         approve any proposed fee reductions; requiring that
   15         each university board of trustees establish a separate
   16         Capital Improvement Trust Fund fee and building fee at
   17         the main campus of the university; authorizing the
   18         university board to establish a separate Capital
   19         Improvement Trust Fund fee and building fee at any
   20         branch campus or center; requiring that a fee
   21         committee recommend any increase in the fees;
   22         requiring that the fee committee be composed of
   23         students and members appointed by the university
   24         president; requiring that the university president
   25         approve committee recommendations; providing that any
   26         increase in fees may occur only once each fiscal year;
   27         requiring that the Board of Governors adopt
   28         regulations and timetables to implement the fees;
   29         reenacting s. 1011.48(5), F.S., relating to the
   30         establishment of educational research centers for
   31         child development, to incorporate the amendment made
   32         to s. 1009.24(8), F.S., in a reference thereto;
   33         providing an effective date.
   34  
   35  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   36  
   37         Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 1009.24, Florida
   38  Statutes, is amended to read:
   39         1009.24 State university student fees.—
   40         (8)(a) The Capital Improvement Trust Fund fee is
   41  established as $2.44 per credit hour per semester. The building
   42  fee is established as $2.32 per credit hour per semester.
   43         (b) The sum of the fees may not exceed 10 percent of the
   44  tuition for resident students or 10 percent of the sum of
   45  tuition and out-of-state fees for nonresident students. The
   46  Capital Improvement Trust Fund fee may be used to fund any
   47  project or real property acquisition that meets the requirements
   48  of chapter 1013. The Division of Bond Finance of the State Board
   49  of Administration shall analyze any proposed reductions to the
   50  Capital Improvement Trust Fund fee to ensure consistency with
   51  prudent financial management of the bond program associated with
   52  the revenues from the fee. The Board of Governors shall approve
   53  any proposed fee reductions.
   54         (c) Each university board of trustees shall establish a
   55  separate Capital Improvement Trust Fund fee and building fee at
   56  the main campus of the university. The university board may also
   57  establish a separate Capital Improvement Trust Fund fee and
   58  building fee at any branch campus or center. Any subsequent
   59  increase in the fees must be recommended by a Capital
   60  Improvement Trust Fund and building fee committee, at least one
   61  half of whom are students appointed by the student body
   62  president. The remainder of the committee shall be appointed by
   63  the university president. A chairperson, appointed jointly by
   64  the university president and the student body president, shall
   65  vote only in the case of a tie. The recommendations of the
   66  committee shall take effect only after approval by the
   67  university president, after consultation with the student body
   68  president, with final approval by the university board of
   69  trustees. An increase in the fees may occur only once each
   70  fiscal year and must be implemented beginning with the fall
   71  term. The Board of Governors shall adopt regulations and
   72  timetables to implement the fees.
   73         Section 2. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
   74  made by this act to section 1009.24(8), Florida Statutes, in a
   75  reference thereto, subsection (5) of section 1011.48, Florida
   76  Statutes, is reenacted to read:
   77         1011.48 Establishment of educational research centers for
   78  child development.—
   79         (5) Each educational research center for child development
   80  shall be funded by a portion of the Capital Improvement Trust
   81  Fund fee established by the Board of Governors pursuant to s.
   82  1009.24(8). Each university that establishes a center shall
   83  receive a portion of such fees collected from the students
   84  enrolled at that university, usable only at that university,
   85  equal to 22.5 cents per student per credit hour taken per term,
   86  based on the summer term and fall and spring semesters. This
   87  allocation shall be used by the university only for the
   88  establishment and operation of a center as provided by this
   89  section and rules adopted hereunder. Said allocation may be made
   90  only after all bond obligations required to be paid from such
   91  fees have been met.
   92         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.