House Bill hb0665

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    Florida House of Representatives - 2002                 HB 665

        By Representative Kravitz






  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to state support for certain

  3         postsecondary students; prohibiting state

  4         support to nonresident aliens who are citizens

  5         of specified countries; providing an effective

  6         date.

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  8  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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10         Section 1.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law

11  to the contrary, no funds from general revenue, the lottery,

12  or financial aid fee revenues shall be used to provide student

13  financial assistance in the form of scholarships, fellowships,

14  grants, loans, tuition or fee waivers, or other financial

15  assistance to any nonresident alien student who is enrolled in

16  a Florida public postsecondary institution and who is a

17  citizen of any country that has been identified by the United

18  States Department of State as terrorist or supporting

19  terrorism. A student's country of citizenship shall be

20  determined at the time of a student's enrollment.

21         Section 2.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2002.

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24                       LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY

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      Prohibits funds from general revenue, the lottery, or
26    financial aid fee revenues to be used to provide
      financial assistance to specified nonresident alien
27    students.

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