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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 be used for 7
construction of dormitories; providing an effective 8
date. 9
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the Sta te 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 Syste m 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, may 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 force winds, and 30
transportation is provided for dormitory occupants during an 31
evacuation. State grant funds and, notwithstanding s. 32
1009.23(11)(b), capital improvement tuition and fee revenues may 33
not be used for construction, debt ser vice payments, 34
maintenance, or operation of such dormitories. Additional 35
dormitory beds constructed after July 1, 2016, may not be 36
financed through the issuance of bonds by the Florida College 37
System institution; however, bonds may be issued by nonpublic 38
entities as part of a public -private partnership between the 39
college and a nonpublic entity. 40
Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 41