SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 68

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11  Senators Diaz-Balart, Holzendorf and Hargrett moved the

12  following amendment:

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14         Senate Amendment 

15         On page 4, line 14, through

16            page 5, line 25, delete those lines

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19         (3)  The college of law at Florida Agricultural and

20  Mechanical University, to the extent consistent with the

21  standards required by the American Bar Association or any

22  other nationally recognized association for the accreditation

23  of colleges of law, shall develop a law library collection

24  utilizing electronic formats and mediums.

25         (4)  The college of law at Florida Agricultural and

26  Mechanical University shall develop and institute a program

27  that is consistent with sound legal education principles as

28  determined by the American Bar Association or any other

29  nationally recognized association for the accreditation of

30  colleges of law and that, to the extent consistent with such

31  sound legal education principles, is structured to serve the

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

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 1  legal needs of traditionally underserved portions of the

 2  population by providing an opportunity for participation in a

 3  legal clinic program or pro bono legal service.

 4         (5)  The Board of Regents shall commence the planning

 5  of a college of law under the auspices of Florida Agricultural

 6  and Mechanical University to be located in the I-4 corridor

 7  area. In planning the college of law, the Board of Regents and

 8  the State Board of Education may accept grants, donations,

 9  gifts, and moneys available for this purpose, including moneys

10  for planning and constructing the college. The Board of

11  Regents may procure and accept any federal funds that are

12  available for the planning, creation, and establishment of the

13  college of law. Classes must commence by the fall semester

14  2003. If the American Bar Association or any other nationally

15  recognized association for the accreditation of colleges of

16  law issues a third disapproval of an application for

17  provisional approval or for full approval or fails to grant,

18  within five years following the graduation of the first class,

19  a provisional approval, to the college of law at Florida

20  Agricultural and Mechanical University, the Board of Regents

21  shall make recommendations to the Governor and Legislature as

22  to whether the college of law will cease operations at the end

23  of the full academic year subsequent to the receipt by the

24  college of law of any such third disapproval, or whether the

25  college of law will continue operations and any conditions for

26  continued operations. If the college of law ceases operations

27  of the college of law pursuant to this section, the following

28  conditions apply:

29         (a)  The authority for the college of law at Florida

30  Agricultural and Mechanical University and the authority of

31  the Board of Regents and the State Board of Education provided

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

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 1  in this section shall terminate upon the cessation of

 2  operations of the college of law at Florida Agricultural and

 3  Mechanical University. The college of law at Florida

 4  Agricultural and Mechanical University shall receive no moneys

 5  allocated for the planning, construction, or operation of the

 6  college of law after its cessation of operations other than

 7  moneys to be expended for the cessation of operations of the

 8  college of law. Any moneys allocated to the college of law at

 9  Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University not expended

10  prior to or scheduled to be expended after the date of the

11  cessation of the college of law shall be appropriated for

12  other use by the Legislature of the State of Florida.

13         (b)  Any buildings of the college of law at Florida

14  Agricultural and Mechanical University constructed from the

15  expenditure of capital outlay funds appropriated by the

16  Legislature shall be owned and managed by the Board of Regents

17  upon the cessation of the college of law.

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