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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 2. Subsection (1) of section 240.235, Florida
18 Statutes, is amended to read:
19 240.235 Fees.--
20 (1) Each university may is authorized to establish
21 separate activity and service, health, and athletic fees.
22 When duly established, these the fees shall be collected as
23 component parts of the registration and tuition fees and shall
24 be retained by the university and paid into the separate
25 activity and service, health, and athletic funds. For the
26 purposes of this section, "consultation" is defined as an
27 ongoing and documented dialogue with the student body
28 president following any recommendation by a fee committee and
29 before approval of any proposal for modification of any fee.
30 An attachment containing the names and affiliations of all
31 committee members, whether student, faculty, staff, or other;
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1 containing any objection or alternative to a modification of a
2 fee as formulated by the student government; and stating that
3 the university president and the student government have
4 reviewed the proposal shall be included in each proposal.
5 (a)1. Each university president shall establish a
6 student activity and service fee on the main campus of the
7 university. The university president may also establish a
8 student activity and service fee on any branch campus or
9 center. Any subsequent modification increase in the activity
10 and service fee must be recommended by an activity and service
11 fee committee, at least one-half of whom are students
12 appointed by the student body president. The remainder of the
13 committee shall be appointed by the university president. A
14 chairperson, appointed jointly by the university president and
15 the student body president, shall vote only in the case of a
16 tie. The recommendations of the committee shall take effect
17 only after approval by the university president, after
18 consultation with the student body president, with final
19 approval by the Board of Regents. An increase in the activity
20 and service fee may occur only once each fiscal year and must
21 be implemented beginning with the fall term. The Board of
22 Regents is responsible for promulgating the rules and
23 timetables necessary to implement this fee.
24 2. The student activity and service fees shall be
25 expended for lawful purposes to benefit the student body in
26 general. These purposes This shall include, but are shall not
27 be limited to, student publications and grants to duly
28 recognized student organizations, the membership of which is
29 open to all students at the university without regard to race,
30 sex, or religion. The fund may not benefit activities for
31 which an admission fee is charged to students, except for
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1 student-government-sponsored
2 student-government-association-sponsored concerts. The
3 allocation and expenditure of the fund shall be determined by
4 the student government association of the university, except
5 that the president of the university may veto any line item or
6 portion thereof within the budget when submitted by the
7 student government association legislative body. The
8 university president shall have 15 school days from the date
9 of presentation of the budget to act on the allocation and
10 expenditure recommendations, which shall be deemed approved if
11 no action is taken within the 15 school days. If any line item
12 or portion thereof within the budget is vetoed, the student
13 government association legislative body shall within 15 school
14 days make new budget recommendations for expenditure of the
15 vetoed portion of the fund. If the university president
16 vetoes any line item or portion thereof within the new budget
17 revisions, the university president may reallocate by line
18 item that vetoed portion to bond obligations guaranteed by
19 activity and service fees. Unexpended funds and undisbursed
20 funds remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall be carried
21 over and remain in the student activity and service fund and
22 be available for allocation and expenditure during the next
23 fiscal year.
24 (b) Each university president shall establish a
25 student health fee on the main campus of the university. The
26 university president may also establish a student health fee
27 on any branch campus or center. Any subsequent modification
28 increase in the health fee must be recommended by a health
29 committee, at least one-half of whom are students appointed by
30 the student body president. The remainder of the committee
31 shall be appointed by the university president. A
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1 chairperson, appointed jointly by the university president and
2 the student body president, may shall vote only in the case of
3 a tie. The recommendations of the committee shall take effect
4 only after approval by the university president, after
5 consultation with the student body president, with final
6 approval by the Board of Regents. An increase in the health
7 fee may occur only once each fiscal year and must be
8 implemented beginning with the fall term. The Board of Regents
9 is responsible for promulgating the rules and timetables
10 necessary to implement this fee.
11 (c) Each university president shall establish a
12 separate athletic fee on the main campus of the university.
13 The university president may also establish a separate
14 athletic fee on any branch campus or center. The initial
15 aggregate athletic fee at each university shall be equal to,
16 but may be no greater than, the 1982-1983 per-credit-hour
17 activity and service fee contributed to intercollegiate
18 athletics, including women's athletics, as provided by s.
19 240.533. Concurrently with the establishment of the athletic
20 fee, the activity and service fee shall experience a one-time
21 reduction equal to the initial aggregate athletic fee. Any
22 subsequent modification increase in the athletic fee must be
23 recommended by an athletic fee committee, at least one-half of
24 whom are students appointed by the student body president.
25 The remainder of the committee shall be appointed by the
26 university president. A chairperson, appointed jointly by the
27 university president and the student body president, shall
28 vote only in the case of a tie. The recommendations of the
29 committee shall take effect only after approval by the
30 university president, after consultation with the student body
31 president, with final approval by the Board of Regents. An
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1 increase in the athletic fee may occur only once each fiscal
2 year and must be implemented beginning with the fall term. The
3 Board of Regents is responsible for adopting promulgating the
4 rules and timetables necessary to implement this fee.
5 Section 3. Section 240.236, Florida Statutes, is
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7 240.236 University student governments.--
8 (1) There is created at each state university a
9 student government that shall be organized and maintained by
10 students as the official representative of the student body.
11 Each student government shall be composed of at least a
12 student body president and a student legislative body, both to
13 be elected by the student body. Interim vacancies may be
14 filled in a manner other than election, as prescribed by the
15 student government. Each student government may adopt internal
16 procedures governing:
17 (a) The operation and administration of the student
18 government.
19 (b) The election, appointment, removal, and discipline
20 of officers of the student government.
21 (c) The execution of all other duties as prescribed to
22 the student government by law.
23 (2) Any elected officer of the student government of a
24 state university may be removed from office by the majority
25 vote of students participating in a referendum held pursuant
26 to this section. The student government shall develop a
27 procedure for students to petition for a referendum to remove
28 an elected officer of the student government from office. The
29 grounds for removal of a student government officer by
30 petition are limited to the following, and they must be
31 expressly contained in the petition: malfeasance, misfeasance,
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1 neglect of duty, incompetence, permanent inability to perform
2 official duties, and conviction of a felony. The referendum
3 must be held no more than 60 days after the petition is filed.
4 (3) The student government shall develop procedures
5 providing for the suspension and removal of an elected officer
6 following that officer's conviction of a felony.
7 (4) The internal procedures adopted by the student
8 government under this section are subject to final approval by
9 the university president.
10 Section 4. Subsection (3) of section 240.295, Florida
11 Statutes, is amended to read:
12 240.295 State University System; authorization for
13 fixed capital outlay projects.--
14 (3) Other than those projects currently authorized, no
15 project proposed by a university which is to be funded from
16 Capital Improvement Trust Fund fees or building fees may shall
17 be submitted to the Board of Regents for approval without
18 prior consultation with the student government association of
19 that university. For the purposes of this subsection,
20 "consultation" is defined as an ongoing and documented
21 dialogue with the student body president regarding each
22 proposed project, which shall begin before developing the
23 university proposal. An attachment containing any objection or
24 alternative formulated by the student government, and stating
25 that the university president and the student government have
26 reviewed the project or projects proposed, shall be included
27 in the proposal. The Board of Regents shall adopt promulgate
28 rules that which are consistent with this requirement.
29 Section 5. Subsections (1), (2), and (4) of section
30 240.531, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
31 240.531 Establishment of educational research centers
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1 for child development.--
2 (1) Upon approval of the university president, the
3 student government association of any university within the
4 State University System may establish an educational research
5 center for child development in accordance with the provisions
6 of this section. Each such center shall be a child day care
7 center established to provide care for the children of
8 students, both graduate and undergraduate, faculty, and other
9 staff and employees of the university and to provide an
10 opportunity for interested schools or departments of the
11 university to conduct educational research programs and
12 establish internship programs within such centers. Whenever
13 possible, such center shall be located on the campus of the
14 university. There shall be a director of each center,
15 selected by the board of directors of the center.
16 (2) There shall be a board of directors for each
17 educational research center for child development, consisting
18 of the president of the university or his or her designee, the
19 student body government president or his or her designee, the
20 chair of each department participating in the center or his or
21 her designee, and one parent for each 50 children enrolled in
22 the center, elected by the parents of children enrolled in the
23 center. The director of the center shall be an ex officio,
24 nonvoting member of the board. The board shall establish
25 local policies and perform local oversight and operational
26 guidance for the center.
27 (4) The Board of Regents shall adopt is authorized and
28 directed to promulgate rules governing for the establishment,
29 operation, and supervision of educational research centers for
30 child development. These Such rules shall include, but are
31 need not be limited to: a defined method of establishment of
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1 and participation in the operation of centers by the
2 appropriate student governments government associations;
3 guidelines for the establishment of an intern program in each
4 center; and guidelines for the receipt and monitoring of funds
5 from grants and other sources of funds consistent with
6 existing laws.
7 Section 6. Section 240.136, Florida Statutes, is
8 repealed.
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12 And the title is amended as follows:
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16 amending s. 240.235, F.S.; defining the term
17 "consultation," for purposes of establishing
18 certain student fees; requiring certain
19 information to be included in a fee proposal;
20 revising requirements for modifying fees;
21 creating s. 240.236, F.S.; providing for a
22 student government at each state university and
23 providing minimum requirements for such
24 governments; amending s. 240.295, F.S.;
25 defining the term "consultation," with respect
26 to submission of capital outlay projects for
27 Board of Regents' approval; requiring certain
28 information to be included in a project
29 proposal; amending s. 240.531, F.S., relating
30 to educational research centers for child
31 development; revising terminology to conform to
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