Bill Text: FL S0720 | 2019 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Renaming of Florida College System Institutions

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-01 - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see HB 525 (Ch. 2019-78) [S0720 Detail]

Download: Florida-2019-S0720-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2019                                     SB 720
       
       
        
       By Senator Flores
       
       
       
       
       
       39-01152-19                                            2019720__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to the renaming of Florida College
    3         System institutions; amending s. 1000.21, F.S.;
    4         changing the name of “Florida Keys Community College”
    5         to “The College of the Florida Keys”; changing the
    6         name of “North Florida Community College” to “North
    7         Florida College”; providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. Paragraphs (h) and (p) of subsection (3) of
   12  section 1000.21, Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
   13         1000.21 Systemwide definitions.—As used in the Florida K-20
   14  Education Code:
   15         (3) “Florida College System institution” except as
   16  otherwise specifically provided, includes all of the following
   17  public postsecondary educational institutions in the Florida
   18  College System and any branch campuses, centers, or other
   19  affiliates of the institution:
   20         (h) The College of the Florida Keys Community College,
   21  which serves Monroe County.
   22         (p) North Florida Community College, which serves Hamilton,
   23  Jefferson, Lafayette, Madison, Suwannee, and Taylor Counties.
   24         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2019.