| 1 | A bill to be entitled |
| 2 | An act relating to community college student fees; |
| 3 | amending s. 1009.23, F.S.; allowing fines to exceed the |
| 4 | cost of services provided and to apply to persons other |
| 5 | than those receiving specified services; authorizing |
| 6 | community college boards of trustees to establish a |
| 7 | transportation access fee; limiting the amount of the fee; |
| 8 | providing a timeframe for a fee increase and |
| 9 | implementation of an increase; providing an effective |
| 10 | 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 (12) of section 1009.23, Florida |
| 15 | Statutes, is amended, and subsection (17) is added to that |
| 16 | section, to read: |
| 17 | 1009.23 Community college student fees.-- |
| 18 | (12) In addition to tuition, out-of-state, financial aid, |
| 19 | capital improvement, student activity and service, and |
| 20 | technology fees authorized in this section, each community |
| 21 | college board of trustees is authorized to establish fee |
| 22 | schedules for the following user fees and fines: laboratory |
| 23 | fees; parking fees and fines; library fees and fines; fees and |
| 24 | fines relating to facilities and equipment use or damage; access |
| 25 | or identification card fees; duplicating, photocopying, binding, |
| 26 | or microfilming fees; standardized testing fees; diploma |
| 27 | replacement fees; transcript fees; application fees; graduation |
| 28 | fees; and late fees related to registration and payment. Such |
| 29 | user fees and fines shall not exceed the cost of the services |
| 30 | provided and shall only be charged to persons receiving the |
| 31 | service. A community college may not charge any fee except as |
| 32 | authorized by law or rules of the State Board of Education. |
| 33 | Parking fee revenues may be pledged by a community college board |
| 34 | of trustees as a dedicated revenue source for the repayment of |
| 35 | debt, including lease-purchase agreements and revenue bonds with |
| 36 | terms not exceeding 20 years and not exceeding the useful life |
| 37 | of the asset being financed. Community colleges shall use the |
| 38 | services of the Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of |
| 39 | Administration to issue any revenue bonds authorized by the |
| 40 | provisions of this subsection. Any such bonds issued by the |
| 41 | Division of Bond Finance shall be in compliance with the |
| 42 | provisions of the State Bond Act. Bonds issued pursuant to the |
| 43 | State Bond Act shall be validated in the manner established in |
| 44 | chapter 75. The complaint for such validation shall be filed in |
| 45 | the circuit court of the county where the seat of state |
| 46 | government is situated, the notice required to be published by |
| 47 | s. 75.06 shall be published only in the county where the |
| 48 | complaint is filed, and the complaint and order of the circuit |
| 49 | court shall be served only on the state attorney of the circuit |
| 50 | in which the action is pending. |
| 51 | (17) Each community college board of trustees may |
| 52 | establish a transportation access fee to provide or improve |
| 53 | access to transportation services for students enrolled in the |
| 54 | community college. The fee may not exceed $2 per credit hour. An |
| 55 | increase in the transportation access fee may occur only once |
| 56 | each fiscal year and must be implemented beginning with the fall |
| 57 | term. |
| 58 | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2007. |