| 1 | The Colleges & Universities Committee recommends the following: |
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| 3 | Council/Committee Substitute |
| 4 | Remove the entire bill and insert: |
| 5 | A bill to be entitled |
| 6 | An act relating to the University of South Florida St. |
| 7 | Petersburg; amending s. 1009.24, F.S.; authorizing the |
| 8 | Campus Board of the university to submit a proposal to |
| 9 | assess a student-center-support fee to the University of |
| 10 | South Florida Board of Trustees for approval; providing a |
| 11 | cap on the sum of the fees students are required to pay |
| 12 | for courses; prohibiting the inclusion of the fee in |
| 13 | calculating the amount a student receives under specified |
| 14 | scholarship awards; providing procedures for fee |
| 15 | recommendation and approval; providing authorized uses of |
| 16 | revenues from such fee; providing an effective date. |
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| 18 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 20 | Section 1. Subsection (15) is added to section 1009.24, |
| 21 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 22 | 1009.24 State university student fees.-- |
| 23 | (15)(a) The Campus Board of the University of South |
| 24 | Florida St. Petersburg is authorized to submit a proposal to the |
| 25 | University of South Florida Board of Trustees to assess a |
| 26 | student-center-support fee. |
| 27 | (b) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (3), the |
| 28 | sum of the activity and service, health, athletic, and student- |
| 29 | center-support fees that a student is required to pay to |
| 30 | register for a course offered by the University of South Florida |
| 31 | St. Petersburg shall not exceed 40 percent of the tuition |
| 32 | established in law or in the General Appropriations Act. |
| 33 | However, the student-center-support fee assessed pursuant to |
| 34 | this subsection is not subject to the 5 percent cap imposed by |
| 35 | subsection (3). |
| 36 | (c) Notwithstanding the provisions of ss. 1009.534, |
| 37 | 1009.535, and 1009.536, the student-center-support fee assessed |
| 38 | pursuant to this subsection shall not be included in calculating |
| 39 | the amount a student receives for a Florida Academic Scholars |
| 40 | award, a Florida Medallion Scholars award, or a Florida Gold |
| 41 | Seal Vocational Scholars award. |
| 42 | (d) The fee must be recommended by a committee, at least |
| 43 | half of whom are students appointed by the president of the |
| 44 | student body. The Campus Board must appoint the remainder of the |
| 45 | committee. A chair, appointed jointly by the Campus Board and |
| 46 | the president of the student body, shall vote only in the event |
| 47 | of a tie. The recommendations of the committee shall take effect |
| 48 | only after approval by the university president, after |
| 49 | consultation with the student body president, with final |
| 50 | approval by the University of South Florida Board of Trustees. |
| 51 | (e) The revenues from such fee may be used to retire bonds |
| 52 | or other forms of indebtedness issued or procured for the |
| 53 | purposes of planning, constructing, equipping, and operating the |
| 54 | student center facility. |
| 55 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |