SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 68

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11  Senator Diaz-Balart moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment 

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15            page 5, line 25, delete those lines

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

19  Mechanical University, to the extent consistent with the

20  standards required by the American Bar Association or any

21  other nationally recognized association for the accreditation

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

23  utilizing electronic formats and mediums.

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

25  Mechanical University shall develop and institute a program

26  that is consistent with sound legal education principles as

27  determined by the American Bar Association or any other

28  nationally recognized association for the accreditation of

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

30  sound legal education principles, is structured to serve the

31  legal needs of traditionally underserved portions of the

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 1  population by providing an opportunity for participation in a

 2  legal clinic program or pro bono legal service.

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

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

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

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

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

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

 9  for planning and constructing the college. The Board of

10  Regents may procure and accept any federal funds that are

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

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

13  2003. If the American Bar Association or any other nationally

14  recognized association for the accreditation of colleges of

15  law issues a third disapproval of an application for

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

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

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

19  Agricultural and Mechanical University, the Board of Regents

20  shall make recommendations to the Governor and Legislature as

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

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

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

24  college of law will continue operations and any conditions for

25  continued operations. If the college of law ceases operations

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

27  conditions apply:

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

29  Agricultural and Mechanical University and the authority of

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

31  in this section shall terminate upon the cessation of

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 1  operations of the college of law at Florida Agricultural and

 2  Mechanical University. The college of law at Florida

 3  Agricultural and Mechanical University shall receive no moneys

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

 5  college of law after its cessation of operations other than

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

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

 8  Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University not expended

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

10  cessation of the college of law shall be appropriated for

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

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

13  Agricultural and Mechanical University constructed from the

14  expenditure of capital outlay funds appropriated by the

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

16  upon the cessation of the college of law.

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