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11  Senator Sullivan moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

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17         Section 7.  Section 240.2012, Florida Statutes, is

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19         240.2012  Establishment and organization of university

20  boards of trustees.--

21         (1)  Each university in the State University System

22  authorized by law is an independent, separate legal entity.

23  The operation of each university in the State University

24  System, unless otherwise provided by law, shall be governed by

25  a board of trustees.

26         (2)  A university board of trustees shall consist of

27  nine members. The Governor shall appoint eight members of the

28  board of trustees, and the student body president of the

29  university shall serve ex officio as a voting member of the

30  board of trustees. Except for the boards of trustees of the

31  University of Florida, Florida State University, and Florida

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 1  Agricultural and Mechanical University, the majority of

 2  members of a university board of trustees must reside within

 3  the service area of the university.

 4         (3)  Except for the student body president, trustees

 5  shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate in regular

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 7         (4)  Members of the board of trustees may receive

 8  reimbursement for expenses as provided in s. 112.061,

 9  including mileage to and from official board meetings, and may

10  receive such compensation as is provided by law.

11         (5)  At its first regular meeting after July 1 of each

12  year, each board of trustees shall organize by electing a

13  chair, whose duty as such is to preside at all meetings of the

14  board, to call special meetings thereof, and to attest to

15  actions of the board, and a vice chair, whose duty as such is

16  to act as chair during the absence or disability of the

17  elected chair. The chair of each board of trustees shall

18  notify the Governor, in writing, whenever a board member fails

19  to attend three consecutive regular board meetings in any one

20  fiscal year, which absences may be grounds for removal.

21         (6)  A university president shall be the executive

22  officer and corporate secretary of the board of trustees as

23  well as the chief administrative officer of the university,

24  and all the components of the institution and all aspects of

25  its operation are responsible to the board of trustees through

26  the president.

27         (7)  The board of trustees shall have the power to take

28  action without a recommendation from the president and shall

29  have the power to require the president to deliver to the

30  board all data and information required by the board in the

31  performance of its duties.

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