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11 The Committee on Education Appropriations (King) recommended
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14 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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18 Section 1. Subsections (2), (4), and (5) of section
19 1011.32, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
20 1011.32 Community College Facility Enhancement
21 Challenge Grant Program.--
22 (2) There is established the Community College
23 Facility Enhancement Challenge Grant Program for the purpose
24 of assisting the community colleges in building high priority
25 instructional and community-related capital facilities
26 consistent with s. 1004.65, including common areas connecting
27 such facilities. The direct-support organizations that serve
28 the community colleges shall solicit gifts from private
29 sources to provide matching funds for capital facilities. For
30 the purposes of this section, private sources of funds shall
31 not include any federal or state government funds that a
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1 community college may receive. For purposes of this section, a
2 gift may include real property having a value of up to $5
3 million, as determined by an appraisal by the Division of
4 State Lands of the Department of Environmental Protection.
5 (4) Within the direct-support organization of each
6 community college there must be established a separate capital
7 facilities matching account for the purpose of providing
8 matching funds from the direct-support organization's
9 unrestricted donations or other private contributions for the
10 development of high priority instructional and
11 community-related capital facilities, including common areas
12 connecting such facilities. The Legislature shall appropriate
13 funds for distribution to a community college after matching
14 funds are certified or real property is legally conveyed and
15 certified by the direct-support organization and community
16 college. The Public Education Capital Outlay and Debt Service
17 Trust Fund shall not be used as the source of the state match
18 for private contributions.
19 (5) A project may not be initiated unless all private
20 funds for planning, construction, and equipping the facility
21 have been received and deposited in the direct-support
22 organization's matching account, or real property has been
23 legally conveyed to the community college, and the state's
24 share for the minimum amount of funds needed to begin the
25 project has been appropriated by the Legislature. The
26 Legislature may appropriate the state's matching funds in one
27 or more fiscal years for the planning, construction, and
28 equipping of an eligible facility. However, these requirements
29 shall not preclude the community college or direct-support
30 organization from expending available funds from private
31 sources to develop a prospectus, including preliminary
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1 architectural schematics or and/or models, for use in its
2 efforts to raise private funds for a facility. Additionally,
3 any private sources of funds expended for this purpose are
4 eligible for state matching funds should the project
5 materialize as provided for in this section.
6 Section 2. Subsections (2) and (4) of section 1013.79,
7 Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
8 1013.79 University Facility Enhancement Challenge
9 Grant Program.--
10 (2) There is hereby established the Alec P. Courtelis
11 University Facility Enhancement Challenge Grant Program for
12 the purpose of assisting universities build high priority
13 instructional and research-related capital facilities,
14 including common areas connecting such facilities. The
15 associated foundations that serve the universities shall
16 solicit gifts from private sources to provide matching funds
17 for capital facilities. For the purposes of this act, private
18 sources of funds shall not include any federal, state, or
19 local government funds that a university may receive. For
20 purposes of this section, a gift may include real property
21 having a value of up to $5 million, as determined by an
22 appraisal by the Division of State Lands of the Department of
23 Environmental Protection.
24 (4) No project shall be initiated unless all private
25 funds for planning, construction, and equipping the facility
26 have been received and deposited in the trust fund, or real
27 property has been legally conveyed to the university, and the
28 state's share for the minimum amount of funds needed to begin
29 the project has been appropriated by the Legislature. The
30 Legislature may appropriate the state's matching funds in one
31 or more fiscal years for the planning, construction, and
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1 equipping of an eligible facility. However, these requirements
2 shall not preclude the university from expending available
3 funds from private sources to develop a prospectus, including
4 preliminary architectural schematics or and/or models, for use
5 in its efforts to raise private funds for a facility.
6 Additionally, any private sources of funds expended for this
7 purpose are eligible for state matching funds should the
8 project materialize as provided for in this section.
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14 And the title is amended as follows:
15 On page 1, lines 2 and 3, delete those lines
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18 An act relating to education funding; amending
19 s. 1011.32, F.S., relating to the Community
20 College Facility Enhancement Challenge Grant
21 Program; authorizing a direct-support
22 organization of a community college to accept
23 real property having a value of up to a
24 specified amount; prohibiting initiation of a
25 project until any gift of real property has
26 been legally conveyed to the community college;
27 amending s. 1013.79, F.S., relating to the
28 University Facility Enhancement Challenge Grant
29 Program; authorizing a foundation serving a
30 university to accept real property having a
31 value of up to a specified amount; prohibiting
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1 initiation of a project until any gift of real
2 property has been legally conveyed to the
3 university; amending s. 1011.94,
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