Florida Senate - 2012 CS for SB 1156
By the Committee on Higher Education; and Senator Flores
589-03551-12 20121156c1
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to state university student fees;
3 amending s. 1009.24, F.S.; authorizing each university
4 board of trustees to increase the Capital Improvement
5 Trust Fund fee and the building fee; requiring that a
6 fee committee recommend any increase in the fees;
7 requiring that the fee committee be composed of
8 students and members appointed by the student body
9 president and the university president, respectively;
10 requiring that the university president approve
11 committee recommendations; providing that any increase
12 in fees may occur only once each fiscal year;
13 requiring that the Board of Governors adopt
14 regulations and timetables to implement the fees;
15 prohibiting the sum of the Capital Improvement Trust
16 Fund fee and the building fee from exceeding 10
17 percent of the tuition for resident students or 10
18 percent of the sum of tuition and out-of-state fees
19 for nonresident students; authorizing the use of the
20 Capital Improvement Trust Fund fee for certain
21 projects or real property acquisitions; requiring that
22 the Division of Bond Finance of the State Board of
23 Administration analyze any proposed fee reductions to
24 the Capital Improvement Trust Fund fee; requiring that
25 the Board of Governors approve any proposed fee
26 reductions; reenacting s. 1011.48(5), F.S., relating
27 to the establishment of educational research centers
28 for child development, to incorporate the amendment
29 made to s. 1009.24(8), F.S., in a reference thereto;
30 providing an effective date.
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32 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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34 Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 1009.24, Florida
35 Statutes, is amended to read:
36 1009.24 State university student fees.—
37 (8)(a) The Capital Improvement Trust Fund fee is
38 established as $2.44 per credit hour per semester. The building
39 fee is established as $2.32 per credit hour per semester.
40 (b) Beginning with the 2012 fall term, each university
41 board of trustees may increase the Capital Improvement Trust
42 Fund fee and the building fee. Any increase in the fees must be
43 recommended by a Capital Improvement Trust Fund and building fee
44 committee, at least one-half of whom are students appointed by
45 the student body president. The remainder of the committee shall
46 be appointed by the university president. A chairperson,
47 appointed jointly by the university president and the student
48 body president, shall vote only in the case of a tie. The
49 recommendations of the committee shall take effect only after
50 approval by the university president, after consultation with
51 the student body president, with final approval by the
52 university board of trustees. An increase in the fees may occur
53 only once each fiscal year and must be implemented beginning
54 with the fall term. The Board of Governors shall adopt
55 regulations and timetables to implement the fees.
56 (c) The sum of the fees may not exceed 10 percent of the
57 tuition for resident students or 10 percent of the sum of
58 tuition and out-of-state fees for nonresident students. The
59 Capital Improvement Trust Fund fee may be used to fund any
60 project or real property acquisition that meets the requirements
61 of chapter 1013. The Division of Bond Finance of the State Board
62 of Administration shall analyze any proposed reductions to the
63 Capital Improvement Trust Fund fee to ensure consistency with
64 prudent financial management of the bond program associated with
65 the revenues from the fee. The Board of Governors shall approve
66 any proposed fee reductions.
67 Section 2. For the purpose of incorporating the amendment
68 made by this act to section 1009.24(8), Florida Statutes, in a
69 reference thereto, subsection (5) of section 1011.48, Florida
70 Statutes, is reenacted to read:
71 1011.48 Establishment of educational research centers for
72 child development.—
73 (5) Each educational research center for child development
74 shall be funded by a portion of the Capital Improvement Trust
75 Fund fee established by the Board of Governors pursuant to s.
76 1009.24(8). Each university that establishes a center shall
77 receive a portion of such fees collected from the students
78 enrolled at that university, usable only at that university,
79 equal to 22.5 cents per student per credit hour taken per term,
80 based on the summer term and fall and spring semesters. This
81 allocation shall be used by the university only for the
82 establishment and operation of a center as provided by this
83 section and rules adopted hereunder. Said allocation may be made
84 only after all bond obligations required to be paid from such
85 fees have been met.
86 Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.