Florida Senate - 2023 SENATOR AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for SB 7026
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LEGISLATIVE ACTION
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Floor: 3/AD/2R .
04/04/2023 05:25 PM .
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Senator Perry moved the following:
1 Senate Substitute for Amendment (213530) (with title
2 amendment)
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4 Delete lines 63 - 103
5 and insert:
6 Section 2. Subsections (2) and (4) of section 1009.26,
7 Florida Statutes, are amended, and subsection (21) is added to
8 that section, to read:
9 1009.26 Fee waivers.—
10 (2) A state university or Florida College System
11 institution may waive any or all application, tuition, or and
12 related fees for persons who supervise student interns for a
13 state university.
14 (4) A state university or Florida College System
15 institution may waive any or all application, tuition, or and
16 related fees for persons 60 years of age or older who are
17 residents of this state and who attend classes for credit. No
18 Academic credit may not shall be awarded for attendance in
19 classes for which fees are waived under this subsection. This
20 privilege may be granted only on a space-available basis, if
21 such classes are not filled as of the close of registration. A
22 university may limit or deny the privilege for courses that
23 which are in programs for which the Board of Governors has
24 established selective admissions criteria. Persons paying full
25 fees and state employees taking courses on a space-available
26 basis shall have priority over those persons whose fees are
27 waived in all cases where classroom spaces are limited.
28 (21) A state university or Florida College System
29 institution may waive the out-of-state fee for a student who is
30 an intercollegiate athlete receiving an athletic scholarship.
31 Section 3. Subsection (3) of section 1011.45, Florida
32 Statutes, is amended to read:
33 1011.45 End of year balance of funds.—Unexpended amounts in
34 any fund in a university current year operating budget shall be
35 carried forward and included as the balance forward for that
36 fund in the approved operating budget for the following year.
37 (3) A university’s carry forward spending plan must shall
38 include the estimated cost per planned expenditure and a
39 timeline for completion of the expenditure. Authorized
40 expenditures in a carry forward spending plan may include:
41 (a) Commitment of funds to a public education capital
42 outlay project for which an appropriation has previously been
43 provided that requires additional funds for completion and which
44 is included in the list required by s. 1001.706(12)(d);
45 (b) Completion of a renovation, repair, or maintenance
46 project that is consistent with the provisions of s. 1013.64(1)
47 or, up to $5 million per project and replacement of a minor
48 facility that does not exceed 10,000 gross square feet in size
49 up to $2 million;
50 (c) Completion of a remodeling or infrastructure project,
51 including a project for a developmental research school, up to
52 $10 million per project, if such project is survey recommended
53 pursuant to s. 1013.31;
54 (d) Completion of a repair or replacement project necessary
55 due to damage caused by a natural disaster for buildings
56 included in the inventory required pursuant to s. 1013.31;
57 (e) Operating expenditures that support the university’s
58 university mission and that are nonrecurring;
59 (f) Any purpose specified by the board or in the General
60 Appropriations Act, including the requirements in s.
61 1001.706(12)(c) or similar requirements pursuant to Board of
62 Governors regulations; and
63 (g) A commitment of funds to a contingency reserve for
64 expenses incurred as a result of a state of emergency declared
65 by the Governor pursuant to s. 252.36.
66 Section 4. Subsection (2) of section 1012.886, Florida
67 Statutes, is amended to read:
68 1012.886 Remuneration of Florida College System institution
69 administrative employees; limitations.—
70 (2) LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION.—Notwithstanding any other
71 law, resolution, or rule to the contrary, a Florida College
72 System institution administrative employee may not receive more
73 than $250,000 $200,000 in remuneration annually from
74 appropriated state funds. Only compensation, as such term is
75 defined in s. 121.021(22), provided to a Florida College System
76 institution administrative employee may be used in calculating
77 benefits under chapter 121.
78 Section 5. Section 1012.978, Florida Statutes, is amended
79 to read:
80 1012.978 Bonuses for state university system employees.
81 Notwithstanding s. 215.425(3), a university board of trustees
82 may implement a bonus scheme based on awards for work
83 performance or employee recruitment and retention. The board of
84 trustees must submit an annual report to the Board of Governors
85 when awarding bonuses the bonus scheme, including the evaluation
86 criteria by which a bonus will be awarded. The use of state
87 funds for the award of a bonus may not exceed 5 percent of the
88 employee’s salary. The Board of Governors shall develop a
89 regulation to ensure consistency in the implementation of this
90 section must approve any bonus scheme created under this section
91 before its implementation.
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94 And the title is amended as follows:
95 Delete lines 9 - 16
96 and insert:
97 1009.26, F.S.; providing that certain fee waivers
98 apply to Florida College System institutions in
99 addition to state universities; authorizing a state
100 university or Florida College System institution to
101 waive the out-of-state fee for a student who is an
102 intercollegiate athlete receiving a scholarship;
103 amending s. 1011.45, F.S.; revising the list of
104 authorized expenditures that may be included in a
105 carry forward spending plan for state universities;
106 amending s. 1012.886, F.S.; revising the amount a
107 Florida College System administrative employee may
108 receive in remuneration; amending s. 1012.978, F.S.;
109 requiring university boards of trustees to submit an
110 annual report to the Board of Governors when awarding
111 bonuses; specifying a limit on the use of state funds
112 in a bonus that may be awarded; requiring the board to
113 develop a regulation; amending s. 1013.841, F.S.;
114 revising the list of authorized expenditures that may
115 be included in a carry forward spending plan for
116 Florida College System institutions; amending s.
117 1012.976, F.S.; revising