Bill Text: FL H0547 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: University of South Florida St. Petersburg

Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on State Universities & Private Colleges Policy (EPC) [H0547 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H0547-Introduced.html

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HB 547

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to the University of South Florida St.
3	Petersburg; authorizing the Board of Trustees of the
4	University of South Florida to increase the aggregate sum
5	of activity and service, health, and athletic fees to
6	exceed the 5 percent cap on annual increases for the
7	purpose of increasing the activity and service fee at the
8	University of South Florida St. Petersburg; requiring that
9	revenue from the increase in the activity and service fee
10	be used to construct and operate a multipurpose campus
11	center on the University of South Florida St. Petersburg
12	campus; requiring that any proposed increase in the fee be
13	approved by the activity and service fee committee;
14	providing an effective date.
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16	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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18	Section 1. Notwithstanding s. 1009.24(4)(d), Florida
19	Statutes, the Board of Trustees of the University of South
20	Florida may increase the aggregate sum of activity and service,
21	health, and athletic fees to exceed the 5 percent cap on annual
22	increases to such fees for the 2010-2011 fiscal year for the
23	purpose of increasing the activity and service fee at the
24	University of South Florida St. Petersburg. Revenue generated by
25	the increase in the activity and service fee shall be used to
26	construct and operate a multipurpose campus center on the
27	University of South Florida St. Petersburg campus. Any proposed
28	increase in the fee must be approved by the university's
29	activity and service fee committee pursuant to s. 1009.24(10),
30	Florida Statutes.
31	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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