SENATE AMENDMENT
Bill No. CS for CS for SB 2388
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CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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11 Senator Pruitt moved the following amendment:
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13 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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17 (11)(a) Each community college board of trustees may
18 establish a separate fee for capital improvements, technology
19 enhancements, or equipping student buildings which may not
20 exceed 10 percent of tuition for resident students or 10
21 percent of the sum of tuition and out-of-state fees for
22 nonresident students. The fee for resident students shall be
23 limited to an increase of $2 per credit hour over the prior
24 year. $1 per credit hour or credit-hour equivalent for
25 residents and which equals or exceeds $3 per credit hour for
26 nonresidents. Funds collected by community colleges through
27 these fees may be bonded only as provided in this subsection,
28 for the purpose of financing or refinancing new construction
29 and equipment, renovation, or remodeling of educational
30 facilities. The fee shall be collected as a component part of
31 the tuition and fees, paid into a separate account, and
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1 expended only to construct and equip, maintain, improve, or
2 enhance the educational facilities of the community college.
3 Projects funded through the use of the capital improvement fee
4 shall meet the survey and construction requirements of chapter
5 1013. Pursuant to s. 216.0158, each community college shall
6 identify each project, including maintenance projects,
7 proposed to be funded in whole or in part by such fee.
8 (b) Capital improvement fee revenues may be pledged by
9 a board of trustees as a dedicated revenue source to the
10 repayment of debt, including lease-purchase agreements with an
11 overall term, including renewals, extensions, and refundings,
12 of not more than 7 years and revenue bonds, with a term not to
13 exceed 20 annual maturities years, and not to exceed the
14 useful life of the asset being financed, only for the
15 financing or refinancing or new construction and equipment,
16 renovation, or remodeling of educational facilities. Community
17 colleges may use the services of the Division of Bond Finance
18 of the State Board of Administration to issue any Bonds
19 authorized through the provisions of this subsection shall be.
20 Any such bonds issued by the Division of Bond Finance upon the
21 request after community college board of trustees shall be in
22 compliance with the provisions of s. 11(d), Art. VII of the
23 State Constitution and the State Bond Act. The Division of
24 State Bond Finance may pledge fees collected by one or more
25 community colleges to secure such bonds. Any project included
26 in the approved educational plant survey pursuant to chapter
27 1013 is approved pursuant to s. 11(d), Art. VII of the State
28 Constitution.
29 (c) The state does hereby covenant with the holders of
30 the bonds issued under this subsection that it will not take
31 any action that will materially and adversely affect the
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1 rights of such holders so long as the bonds authorized by this
2 subsection are outstanding.
3 (d) Any validation of the bonds Bonds issued pursuant
4 to the State Bond Act shall be validated in the manner
5 provided by chapter 75. Only the initial series of bonds is
6 required to be validated. The complaint for such validation
7 shall be filed in the circuit court of the county where the
8 seat of state government is situated, the notice required to
9 be published by s. 75.06 shall be published only in the county
10 where the complaint is filed, and the complaint and order of
11 the circuit court shall be served only on the state attorney
12 of the circuit in which the action is pending.
13 (e) A maximum of 15 percent cents per credit hour may
14 be allocated from the capital improvement fee for child care
15 centers conducted by the community college. The use of capital
16 improvement fees for such purpose shall to the payment of of
17 any bonds secured by the fees.
18 (12) In addition to tuition, out-of-state, financial
19 aid, capital improvement, student activity and service, and
20 technology fees authorized in this section, each community
21 college board of trustees is authorized to establish fee
22 schedules for the following user fees and fines: laboratory
23 fees; parking fees and fines; transportation fees; library
24 fees and fines; fees and fines relating to facilities and
25 equipment use or damage; access or identification card fees;
26 duplicating, photocopying, binding, or microfilming fees;
27 standardized testing fees; diploma replacement fees;
28 transcript fees; application fees; graduation fees; and late
29 fees related to registration and payment. Such user fees and
30 fines shall not exceed the cost of the services provided and
31 shall only be charged to persons receiving the service. A
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1 community college may not charge any fee except as authorized
2 by law or rules of the State Board of Education. Parking fee
3 and transportation fee revenues may be pledged by a community
4 college board of trustees as a dedicated revenue source for
5 the repayment of debt, including lease-purchase agreements and
6 revenue bonds with terms not exceeding 20 years and not
7 exceeding the useful life of the asset being financed.
8 Community colleges shall use the services of the Division of
9 Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration to issue any
10 revenue bonds authorized by the provisions of this subsection.
11 Any such bonds issued by the Division of Bond Finance shall be
12 in compliance with the provisions of the State Bond Act. Bonds
13 issued pursuant to the State Bond Act shall be validated in
14 the manner established in chapter 75. The complaint for such
15 validation shall be filed in the circuit court of the county
16 where the seat of state government is situated, the notice
17 required to be published by s. 75.06 shall be published only
18 in the county where the complaint is filed, and the complaint
19 and order of the circuit court shall be served only on the
20 state attorney of the circuit in which the action is pending.
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24 And the title is amended as follows:
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28 revising provisions relating to financial
29 matters for community colleges;
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