Senate Bill sb2662

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2662

    By Senator Smith





    14-1919-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to community college student

  3         fees; amending s. 1009.23, F.S.; authorizing

  4         each community college board of trustees to

  5         establish a transportation user fee; limiting

  6         such fee to the cost of the service provided;

  7         providing an effective date.

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

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11         Section 1.  Subsection (12) of section 1009.23, Florida

12  Statutes, is amended to read:

13         1009.23  Community college student fees.--

14         (12)  In addition to tuition, out-of-state, financial

15  aid, capital improvement, student activity and service, and

16  technology fees authorized in this section, each community

17  college board of trustees is authorized to establish fee

18  schedules for the following user fees and fines: laboratory

19  fees; parking fees and fines; transportation fees; library

20  fees and fines; fees and fines relating to facilities and

21  equipment use or damage; access or identification card fees;

22  duplicating, photocopying, binding, or microfilming fees;

23  standardized testing fees; diploma replacement fees;

24  transcript fees; application fees; graduation fees; and late

25  fees related to registration and payment. Such user fees and

26  fines shall not exceed the cost of the services provided and

27  shall only be charged to persons receiving the service. A

28  community college may not charge any fee except as authorized

29  by law or rules of the State Board of Education. Parking fee

30  revenues may be pledged by a community college board of

31  trustees as a dedicated revenue source for the repayment of

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2662
    14-1919-04




 1  debt, including lease-purchase agreements and revenue bonds

 2  with terms not exceeding 20 years and not exceeding the useful

 3  life of the asset being financed. Community colleges shall use

 4  the services of the Division of Bond Finance of the State

 5  Board of Administration to issue any revenue bonds authorized

 6  by the provisions of this subsection. Any such bonds issued by

 7  the Division of Bond Finance shall be in compliance with the

 8  provisions of the State Bond Act. Bonds issued pursuant to the

 9  State Bond Act shall be validated in the manner established in

10  chapter 75. The complaint for such validation shall be filed

11  in the circuit court of the county where the seat of state

12  government is situated, the notice required to be published by

13  s. 75.06 shall be published only in the county where the

14  complaint is filed, and the complaint and order of the circuit

15  court shall be served only on the state attorney of the

16  circuit in which the action is pending.

17         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2004.

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20                          SENATE SUMMARY

21    Authorizes each community college board of trustees to
      establish a transportation user fee. Limits the fee to
22    cost of service provided.

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