| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to community college student fees; |
| 3 | amending s. 1009.23, F.S.; authorizing community college |
| 4 | boards of trustees to establish transportation user fees; |
| 5 | limiting such fees to the cost of services provided; |
| 6 | allowing fines to exceed the cost of services provided and |
| 7 | to apply to persons other than those receiving specified |
| 8 | services; providing an effective date. |
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| 10 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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| 12 | Section 1. Subsection (12) of section 1009.23, Florida |
| 13 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
| 14 | 1009.23 Community college student fees.-- |
| 15 | (12) In addition to tuition, out-of-state, financial aid, |
| 16 | capital improvement, student activity and service, and |
| 17 | technology fees authorized in this section, each community |
| 18 | college board of trustees is authorized to establish fee |
| 19 | schedules for the following user fees and fines: laboratory |
| 20 | fees; parking fees and fines; transportation fees; library fees |
| 21 | and fines; fees and fines relating to facilities and equipment |
| 22 | use or damage; access or identification card fees; duplicating, |
| 23 | photocopying, binding, or microfilming fees; standardized |
| 24 | testing fees; diploma replacement fees; transcript fees; |
| 25 | application fees; graduation fees; and late fees related to |
| 26 | registration and payment. Such user fees and fines shall not |
| 27 | exceed the cost of the services provided and shall only be |
| 28 | charged to persons receiving the service. A community college |
| 29 | may not charge any fee except as authorized by law or rules of |
| 30 | the State Board of Education. Parking fee revenues may be |
| 31 | pledged by a community college board of trustees as a dedicated |
| 32 | revenue source for the repayment of debt, including lease- |
| 33 | purchase agreements and revenue bonds with terms not exceeding |
| 34 | 20 years and not exceeding the useful life of the asset being |
| 35 | financed. Community colleges shall use the services of the |
| 36 | Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of Administration to |
| 37 | issue any revenue bonds authorized by the provisions of this |
| 38 | subsection. Any such bonds issued by the Division of Bond |
| 39 | Finance shall be in compliance with the provisions of the State |
| 40 | Bond Act. Bonds issued pursuant to the State Bond Act shall be |
| 41 | validated in the manner established in chapter 75. The complaint |
| 42 | for such validation shall be filed in the circuit court of the |
| 43 | county where the seat of state government is situated, the |
| 44 | notice required to be published by s. 75.06 shall be published |
| 45 | only in the county where the complaint is filed, and the |
| 46 | complaint and order of the circuit court shall be served only on |
| 47 | the state attorney of the circuit in which the action is |
| 48 | pending. |
| 49 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |