| 1 | Representative Arza offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove line(s) 25-33 and insert: |
| 5 | Appropriations Act. A university that changes National |
| 6 | Collegiate Athletic Association divisions may increase its |
| 7 | athletic fee at the time the university is in the transition |
| 8 | stage of changing divisions to defray the costs associated with |
| 9 | changing divisions. Such an increase in the athletic fee is |
| 10 | exempt from the 40-percent cap and the 5-percent cap on yearly |
| 11 | increases in the sum of the activity and service, health, and |
| 12 | athletic fees, but may not exceed $2 per credit hour of |
| 13 | registered classes. Such an increase must be approved by the |
| 14 | athletic fee committee as provided in subsection (11). |
| 15 | Notwithstanding the provisions of ss. 1009.534, 1009.535, and |
| 16 | 1009.536, any increase to an athletic fee to defray the costs |
| 17 | associated with changing National Collegiate Athletic |
| 18 | Association divisions assessed pursuant to this subsection shall |
| 19 | not be included in calculating the amount a student receives for |
| 20 | a Florida Academic Scholars award, a Florida Medallion Scholar |
| 21 | award, or a Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars award. This |
| 22 | subsection does not prohibit a university from |
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| 26 | Remove the entire title and insert: |
| 27 | A bill to be entitled |
| 28 | An act relating to state university student athletic fees; |
| 29 | amending s. 1009.24, F.S.; authorizing a fee increase to |
| 30 | defray the costs of changing competitive divisions; |
| 31 | providing for a limit on the amount of the increase; |
| 32 | requiring the increase be approved by the athletic fee |
| 33 | committee; providing that the increase is not included in |
| 34 | calculating the amount a student receives for certain |
| 35 | scholarship programs; providing an effective date. |