Florida Senate - 2014                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for SB 84
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  12/10/2013           .                                
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    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Subsection (12) is added to section 1009.26,
    6  Florida Statutes, to read:
    7         (12) A state university or Florida College System
    8  institution shall waive out-of-state fees for an honorably
    9  discharged veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States,
   10  including the National Guard and reserve components thereof, who
   11  physically resides in this state while enrolled in the
   12  institution. Tuition and fees charged to a veteran who qualifies
   13  for the out-of-state fee waiver under this subsection may not
   14  exceed the tuition and fees charged to a resident student. The
   15  waiver is applicable for 110 percent of the required credit
   16  hours of the degree or certificate program for which the student
   17  is enrolled. Each state university and Florida College System
   18  institution shall report to the Board of Governors and the State
   19  Board of Education, respectively, the number and value of all
   20  fee waivers granted annually under this subsection.
   21         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2014.
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   23  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   24  And the title is amended as follows:
   25         Delete everything before the enacting clause
   26  and insert:
   27                        A bill to be entitled                      
   28         An act relating to waivers of out-of-state fees for
   29         veterans; amending s. 1009.26, F.S.; requiring a state
   30         university or Florida College System institution to
   31         waive out-of-state fees for certain veterans of the
   32         Armed Forces of the United States, including the
   33         National Guard and reserve components thereof;
   34         providing applicability; requiring a state university
   35         and a Florida College System institution to report to
   36         the Board of Governors and the State Board of
   37         Education, respectively, the number and value of all
   38         fee waivers; providing an effective date.