Senate Bill sb0684

    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 684

    By Senator Oelrich





    14-778-07

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to community college student

  3         fees; amending s. 1009.23, F.S.; authorizing

  4         community college boards of trustees to

  5         establish transportation user fees; limiting

  6         such fees to the cost of services provided;

  7         providing that fines may exceed the cost of

  8         services provided and may apply to persons

  9         other than those receiving specified services;

10         providing an effective 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 to read:

16         1009.23  Community college student fees.--

17         (12)  In addition to tuition, out-of-state, financial

18  aid, capital improvement, student activity and service, and

19  technology fees authorized in this section, each community

20  college board of trustees is authorized to establish fee

21  schedules for the following user fees and fines: laboratory

22  fees; parking fees and fines; transportation fees; library

23  fees and fines; fees and fines relating to facilities and

24  equipment use or damage; access or identification card fees;

25  duplicating, photocopying, binding, or microfilming fees;

26  standardized testing fees; diploma replacement fees;

27  transcript fees; application fees; graduation fees; and late

28  fees related to registration and payment. Such user fees and

29  fines shall not exceed the cost of the services provided and

30  shall only be charged to persons receiving the service. A

31  community college may not charge any fee except as authorized

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    Florida Senate - 2007                                   SB 684
    14-778-07




 1  by law or rules of the State Board of Education. Parking fee

 2  revenues may be pledged by a community college board of

 3  trustees as a dedicated revenue source for the repayment of

 4  debt, including lease-purchase agreements and revenue bonds

 5  with terms not exceeding 20 years and not exceeding the useful

 6  life of the asset being financed. Community colleges shall use

 7  the services of the Division of Bond Finance of the State

 8  Board of Administration to issue any revenue bonds authorized

 9  by the provisions of this subsection. Any such bonds issued by

10  the Division of Bond Finance shall be in compliance with the

11  provisions of the State Bond Act. Bonds issued pursuant to the

12  State Bond Act shall be validated in the manner established in

13  chapter 75. The complaint for such validation shall be filed

14  in the circuit court of the county where the seat of state

15  government is situated, the notice required to be published by

16  s. 75.06 shall be published only in the county where the

17  complaint is filed, and the complaint and order of the circuit

18  court shall be served only on the state attorney of the

19  circuit in which the action is pending.

20         Section 2.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2007.

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23                          SENATE SUMMARY

24    Authorizes community college boards of trustees to
      establish transportation user fees. Limits fees to the
25    cost of services provided. Provides that fines may exceed
      the cost of services provided and may apply to persons
26    other than those receiving specified services.

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