Senate Bill sb2810

    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2810

    By Senator Alexander





    34-1894-04

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to state university student

  3         athletic fees; amending s. 1009.24, F.S.;

  4         authorizing a fee increase to defray the costs

  5         of changing competitive divisions; providing

  6         that the increase may exceed the limit on fee

  7         increases; limiting such an increase to not

  8         more than $2 per credit hour; requiring that

  9         such an increase be approved by the athletic

10         fee committee; providing an effective date.

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

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14         Section 1.  Subsection (3) of section 1009.24, Florida

15  Statutes, is amended to read:

16         1009.24  State university student fees.--

17         (3)  Within proviso in the General Appropriations Act

18  and law, each board of trustees shall set university tuition

19  and fees. The sum of the activity and service, health, and

20  athletic fees a student is required to pay to register for a

21  course shall not exceed 40 percent of the tuition established

22  in law or in the General Appropriations Act. No university

23  shall be required to lower any fee in effect on the effective

24  date of this act in order to comply with this subsection.

25  Within the 40 percent cap, universities may not increase the

26  aggregate sum of activity and service, health, and athletic

27  fees more than 5 percent per year unless specifically

28  authorized in law or in the General Appropriations Act. A

29  university that changes athletic competitive divisions may

30  increase the athletic fee to defray the costs associated with

31  changing divisions.  Such an increase in the athletic fee is

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    Florida Senate - 2004                                  SB 2810
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 1  exempt from the 40-percent cap and the 5-percent cap on yearly

 2  increases in the sum of the activity and service, health, and

 3  athletic fees, but may not exceed $2 per credit hour of

 4  registered classes. Such an increase must be approved by the

 5  athletic fee committee as provided in subsection (11). This

 6  subsection does not prohibit a university from increasing or

 7  assessing optional fees related to specific activities if

 8  payment of such fees is not required as a part of registration

 9  for courses.

10         Section 2.  This act shall take effect upon becoming a

11  law.

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14                          SENATE SUMMARY

15    Authorizes an increase in university student athletic
      fees to defray the cost of changing competitive
16    divisions. Allows the increase to exceed the current
      percentage caps. Limits the increase to not more than $2
17    per credit hour. Requires athletic fee committee to
      approve the increase.
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