HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                               Bill No. CS/HB 1697

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)

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11  Representative(s) Wise offered the following:

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13         Amendment 

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17  and insert in lieu thereof:

18  In order to assess an additional amount for safety and

19  security purposes, a community college board of trustees must

20  provide written justification to the State Board of Community

21  Colleges based on criteria approved by the local board of

22  trustees, including but not limited to criteria such as local

23  crime data and information, and strategies for the

24  implementation of local safety plans.  For 1999-2000, each

25  community college is authorized to increase the sum of the

26  matriculation fee and technology fee by not more than 5% of

27  the sum of the matriculation and local safety and security

28  fees in 1998-99.  However, no fee in 1999-2000 shall exceed

29  the prescribed statutory limit.  Should a college decide to

30  increase the matriculation fee, the funds raised by increasing

31  the matriculation fee must be expended solely for additional

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                                                   HOUSE AMENDMENT

                                               Bill No. CS/HB 1697

    Amendment No. 1 (for drafter's use only)





 1  safety and security purposes and shall not supplant funding

 2  expended in the 1998-1999 budget for safety and security

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