Bill Amendment: FL S7026 | 2023 | Regular Session
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Bill Title: Higher Education Finances
Status: 2023-05-18 - Chapter No. 2023-95 [S7026 Detail]
Download: Florida-2023-S7026-Senate_Committee_Substitue_Amendment_913658_Amendment_694376_.html
Bill Title: Higher Education Finances
Status: 2023-05-18 - Chapter No. 2023-95 [S7026 Detail]
Download: Florida-2023-S7026-Senate_Committee_Substitue_Amendment_913658_Amendment_694376_.html
Florida Senate - 2023 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT Bill No. SB 7026 Ì913658JÎ913658 LEGISLATIVE ACTION Senate . House . . . . . ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— ————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— The Committee on Appropriations (Perry) recommended the following: 1 Senate Substitute for Amendment (694376) (with title 2 amendment) 3 4 Delete lines 43 - 111 5 and insert: 6 conveyed by it. 7 1. No later than October 1, 2023, the Board of Governors 8 shall develop regulations for university boards of trustees 9 relating to the procedures for contracting for professional 10 services as defined in s. 287.055 and for the construction of 11 new facilities or for the remodeling, renovation, or maintenance 12 of or additions or repairs to existing facilities. The 13 regulations must include, but are not limited to, competitive 14 bids, design-build, and selection of a construction management 15 entity. Contracts executed, extended, or amended on or before 16 September 30, 2023, shall comply with the requirements of s. 17 287.055. 18 2. Notwithstandingany other provisions ofthis subsection, 19each board of trustees shall comply with the provisions of s.20287.055 for the procurement of professional services as defined21therein.any acquisition pursuant to this paragraph is subject 22 tothe provisions ofs. 1010.62. 23 Section 2. Subsection (21) is added to section 1009.26, 24 Florida Statutes, to read: 25 1009.26 Fee waivers.— 26 (21) A state university may waive the out-of-state fee for 27 a student who is an intercollegiate athlete receiving an 28 athletic scholarship. 29 Section 3. Subsection (3) of section 1011.45, Florida 30 Statutes, is amended to read: 31 1011.45 End of year balance of funds.—Unexpended amounts in 32 any fund in a university current year operating budget shall be 33 carried forward and included as the balance forward for that 34 fund in the approved operating budget for the following year. 35 (3) A university’s carry forward spending plan mustshall36 include the estimated cost per planned expenditure and a 37 timeline for completion of the expenditure. Authorized 38 expenditures in a carry forward spending plan may include: 39 (a) Commitment of funds to a public education capital 40 outlay projectfor which an appropriation has previously been41provided that requires additional funds for completion and which42is included in the list required by s. 1001.706(12)(d); 43 (b) Completion of a renovation, repair, or maintenance 44 project that is consistent withthe provisions ofs. 1013.64(1),45up to $5 million per projectandor replacement of a minor 46 facilitythat does not exceed 10,000 gross square feet in size47up to $2 million; 48 (c) Completion of a remodeling or infrastructure project, 49 including a project for a developmental research school,up to50$10 million per project,if such project is survey recommended 51 pursuant to s. 1013.31; 52 (d) Completion of a repair or replacement project necessary 53 due to damage caused by a natural disaster for buildings 54 included in the inventory required pursuant to s. 1013.31; 55 (e) Operating expenditures that support the university’s 56universitymissionand that are nonrecurring; 57 (f) Any purpose specified by the board or in the General 58 Appropriations Act, including the requirements in s. 59 1001.706(12)(c) or similar requirements pursuant to Board of 60 Governors regulations; and 61 (g) A commitment of funds to a contingency reserve for 62 expenses incurred as a result of a state of emergency declared 63 by the Governor pursuant to s. 252.36. 64 Section 4. Subsection (4) of section 1013.841, Florida 65 Statutes, is amended to read: 66 1013.841 End of year balance of Florida College System 67 institution funds.— 68 (4) A Florida College System institution identified in 69 paragraph (3)(b) must include in its carry forward spending plan 70 the estimated cost per planned expenditure and a timeline for 71 completion of the expenditure. Authorized expenditures in a 72 carry forward spending plan may include: 73 (a) Commitment of funds to a public education capital 74 outlay projectfor which an appropriation was previously75provided, which requires additional funds for completion, and76which is included in the list required by s. 1001.03(18)(d); 77 (b) Completion of a renovation, repair, or maintenance 78 project that is consistent withthe provisions ofs. 1013.64(1) 79 or replacement of a minor facility,up to $5 million per80 81 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================ 82 And the title is amended as follows: 83 Between lines 6 and 7 84 insert: 85 providing requirements for certain contracts executed 86 or amended prior to a specified date;