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A bill to be entitled 1
An act relating to college campus facilities in areas 2
of critical state concern; amending s. 1013.40, F.S.; 3
revising the number of beds certain Florida College 4
System institutions may provide to certain persons; 5
authorizing such beds to be provided to health care 6
workers; revising which funds may not be used for 7
construction of dormitories; providing an effective 8
date. 9
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of t he State of Florida: 11
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Section 1. Subsection (4) of section 1013.40, Florida 13
Statutes, is amended to read: 14
1013.40 Planning and construction of Florida College 15
System institution facilities; property acquisition. — 16
(4) The campus of a Florida College System institution 17
within a municipality designated as an area of critical state 18
concern, as defined in s. 380.05, and having a comprehensive 19
plan and land development regulations containing a building 20
permit allocation system that limits annual growth, m ay 21
construct dormitories for up to 340 beds for Florida College 22
System institution students, and an additional 50 25 beds for 23
employees, educators, health care workers, and first responders. 24
Such dormitories are exempt from the building permit allocation 25
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system and may be constructed up to 60 feet in height if the 26
dormitories are otherwise consistent with the comprehensive 27
plan, the Florida College System institution has a hurricane 28
evacuation plan that requires all dormitory occupants to be 29
evacuated 48 hours in advance of tropical storm-force force 30
winds, and transportation is provided for dormitory occupants 31
during an evacuation. State appropriations funds and tuition and 32
fee revenues may not be used for construction, debt service 33
payments, maintenance, o r operation of such dormitories. 34
Additional dormitory beds constructed after July 1, 2016, may 35
not be financed through the issuance of bonds by the Florida 36
College System institution; however, bonds may be issued by 37
nonpublic entities as part of a public -private partnership 38
between the college and a nonpublic entity. 39
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 40