The Florida Senate

¹246.101  Fees.--

(1)  The State Board of Independent Colleges and Universities shall annually establish a fee schedule to generate, from fees, the amount of revenue appropriated for the operation of the board.

(2)  Beginning with the 1993-1994 fiscal year, the board shall include, as a part of its legislative budget request, a proposed fee schedule to generate the appropriated fee revenue required in the appropriations act. The board may adjust the amount of a college's fee as necessary to generate the fee revenue required in the appropriations act. However, the board may not add any category of fee that was not included in the legislative budget request. In the absence of legislative action to the contrary, the proposed fee schedule shall go into effect as proposed in the board's legislative budget request.

(3)  The cost of routine services of the board, such as data collection and dissemination, shall be supported through a base fee. Nonpublic colleges operating pursuant to s. 246.084 are not required to pay the base fee. The base fee applies to all other nonpublic colleges. The board may adjust the fee based on the enrollment of the college. However, the fee assessed to the largest college may not exceed one-half of 1 percent of the amount appropriated for the board or $1,500, whichever is less. The fee assessed to the largest college may not exceed three times the amount of the fee assessed to the smallest college.

(4)  The board shall assess fees to defray the cost of workload for board activities that are specific to certain colleges. Such workload activities must relate to:

(a)  Licensure.

(b)  Annual reviews.

(c)  Special reviews.

(d)  Site visits.

(e)  Resolution of complaints for violation of fair consumer practices.

(f)  Approval to operate in Florida without offering educational programs.

(g)  Approval to use the term "college" or "university."

(h)  Review and collection of data submitted pursuant to s. 246.084 when the review and collection is performed by the board.

(i)  Other workload activities as approved by the Legislature.

(5)  The board may assess any college late fees for failure to timely submit required materials.

(6)  If the board collects fee revenues of more than 120 percent of the appropriated fee revenue requirements for the fiscal year, the board shall use the collections in excess of 120 percent to provide a credit against the base fee assessed to all renewing institutions for the following year. The credit shall be prorated on the base fee payments by colleges for the prior year, exclusive of any related fee.

(7)  All fees shall be submitted through the Department of Education to the Treasurer, to be deposited in the Institutional Assessment Trust Fund created by s. 246.31.

(8)  All fees authorized to be collected are considered to be administrative fees and shall not be refundable.

History.--s. 10, ch. 71-128; s. 6, ch. 72-203; s. 3, ch. 76-168; s. 2, ch. 77-426; s. 1, ch. 77-457; s. 112, ch. 79-400; ss. 2, 3, ch. 81-318; ss. 14, 23, 24, ch. 82-203; s. 12, ch. 89-344; s. 76, ch. 91-105; ss. 10, 19, 20, ch. 92-321; s. 3, ch. 97-218; s. 11, ch. 98-309; s. 37, ch. 2000-158; s. 3(7), ch. 2000-321.

¹Note.--Repealed January 7, 2003, by s. 3(7), ch. 2000-321, and shall be reviewed by the Legislature prior to that date.