HOUSE AMENDMENT
                                                  Bill No. HB 1413
    Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only)
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11  The Council for Smarter Government offered the following:
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13         Amendment (with title amendment) 
14         On page 6, between lines 7 and 8 of the bill
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17         Section 4.  Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section
18  240.35, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
19         240.35  Student fees.--
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21         (a)  Any student for whom the state is paying a foster
22  care board payment pursuant to s. 409.145(3) or parts II and
23  III of chapter 39, for whom the permanency planning goal
24  pursuant to part III of chapter 39 is long-term foster care or
25  independent living, who is or was at the time he or she turned
26  18 years old in the custody of a relative under s. 39.5085, or
27  who is adopted from the Department of Children and Family
28  Services after May 5, 1997, shall be exempt from the payment
29  of all undergraduate fees, including fees associated with
30  enrollment in college-preparatory instruction or completion of
31  the college-level communication and computation skills testing
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    File original & 9 copies    04/24/01                          
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HOUSE AMENDMENT Bill No. HB 1413 Amendment No. ___ (for drafter's use only) 1 program. Before a fee exemption can be given, the student 2 shall have applied for and been denied financial aid, pursuant 3 to s. 240.404, which would have provided, at a minimum, 4 payment of all student fees. Such exemption shall be available 5 to any student who was in the custody of a relative under s. 6 39.5085 at the time he or she turned 18 years old or was 7 adopted from the Department of Children and Family Services 8 after May 5, 1997; however, the exemption shall be valid for 9 no more than 4 years after the date of graduation from high 10 school. 11 12 13 ================ T I T L E A M E N D M E N T =============== 14 And the title is amended as follows: 15 On page 1, line 18, after the semicolon 16 17 18 insert: 19 amending s. 240.35, F.S.; exempting certain 20 children in the custody of a relative at the 21 time of reaching age 18 from payment of all 22 undergraduate fees; 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 2 File original & 9 copies 04/24/01 hjo0006 05:49 pm 01413-sgc -893603