Florida Senate - 2009                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 622
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  Comm: RCS            .                                
                  04/15/2009           .                                
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       The Committee on Higher Education Appropriations (Constantine)
       recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (17) of section 1009.23, Florida
    6  Statutes, is renumbered as subsection (18), and a new subsection
    7  (17) is added to that section to read:
    8         1009.23 Community college student fees.—
    9         (17)(a) Each community college board of trustees may
   10  establish a transportation access fee to provide or improve
   11  access to transportation services for students enrolled in the
   12  community college. The fee may not exceed $6 per credit hour. An
   13  increase in the transportation access fee may only occur once
   14  each fiscal year and must be implemented beginning with the fall
   15  term.
   16         (b) Notwithstanding ss. 1009.534, 1009.535, and 1009.536,
   17  the transportation access fee authorized under paragraph (a)
   18  shall not be included in calculating the amount a student
   19  receives for a Florida Academic Scholars award, a Florida
   20  Medallion Scholars award, or a Florida Gold Seal Vocational
   21  Scholars award.
   22         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2009.
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   24  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   25         And the title is amended as follows:
   26         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   27  and insert:
   28                        A bill to be entitled                      
   29         An act relating to community college student fees;
   30         amending s. 1009.23, F.S.; authorizing community
   31         college boards of trustees to establish a
   32         transportation access fee; limiting the amount of the
   33         fee; providing a timeframe for a fee increase and
   34         implementation of an increase; prohibiting the
   35         inclusion of the fee in calculating the amount a
   36         student receives under Florida Bright Futures
   37         Scholarship Program awards; providing an effective
   38         date.