Florida Senate - 2014 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 628 Ì7118542Î711854 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House Comm: RCS . 03/25/2014 . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— 1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 2 3 Delete everything after the enacting clause 4 and insert: 5 Section 1. Subsection (3) of section 243.52, Florida 6 Statutes, is amended to read: 7 243.52 Definitions.—As used in ss. 243.50-243.77, the term: 8 (3) “Project” means a structure suitable for use as a 9 dormitory or other housing facility, dining hall, student union, 10 administration building, academic building, library, laboratory, 11 research facility, classroom, athletic facility, health care 12 facility, and maintenance, storage, or utility facility, and 13 other structures or facilities related thereto, or required 14 thereto, or required or useful for the instruction of students, 15 or the conducting of research, or the operation of an 16 institution of higher education, including parking and other 17 facilities or structures, essential or convenient for the 18 orderly conduct of such institution of higher education and 19 shall also include equipment and machinery and other similar 20 items necessary or convenient for the operation of a particular 21 facility or structure in the manner for which its use is 22 intended but shall not include such items as books, fuel, 23 supplies or other items which are customarily deemed to result 24 in a current operating charge. The term alsodormitory, student25service facility, parking facility, administration building,26academic building, or library andincludes a loan in 27 anticipation of tuition revenues by an institution of higher 28 education, as defined in subsection (6). 29 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014. 30 31 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 32 And the title is amended as follows: 33 Delete everything before the enacting clause 34 and insert: 35 A bill to be entitled 36 An act relating to independent nonprofit higher 37 education facilities financing; amending s. 243.52, 38 F.S.; expanding the definition of the term “project” 39 as it relates to the Higher Educational Facilities 40 Financing Act; providing an effective date.