Florida Senate - 2014 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. CS for SB 84 Ì883370%Î883370 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RS . 12/10/2013 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete everything after the enacting clause 4 and insert: 5 Section 1. Subsection (12) is added to section 1009.26, 6 Florida Statutes, to read: 7 (12) A state university or Florida College System 8 institution shall waive out-of-state fees for an honorably 9 discharged veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States, 10 including the National Guard and reserve components thereof, who 11 physically resides in this state while enrolled in the 12 institution. Tuition and fees charged to a veteran who qualifies 13 for the out-of-state fee waiver under this subsection may not 14 exceed the tuition and fees charged to a resident student. The 15 waiver is applicable for 110 percent of the required credit 16 hours of the degree or certificate program for which the student 17 is enrolled. Each state university and Florida College System 18 institution shall report to the Board of Governors and the State 19 Board of Education, respectively, the number and value of all 20 fee waivers granted annually under this subsection. 21 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014. 22 23 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 24 And the title is amended as follows: 25 Delete everything before the enacting clause 26 and insert: 27 A bill to be entitled 28 An act relating to waivers of out-of-state fees for 29 veterans; amending s. 1009.26, F.S.; requiring a state 30 university or Florida College System institution to 31 waive out-of-state fees for certain veterans of the 32 Armed Forces of the United States, including the 33 National Guard and reserve components thereof; 34 providing applicability; requiring a state university 35 and a Florida College System institution to report to 36 the Board of Governors and the State Board of 37 Education, respectively, the number and value of all 38 fee waivers; providing an effective date.