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FL H0375

Bill

Status

Introduced

10/19/2017

Primary Sponsor

Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends section 1010.62, Florida Statutes, to authorize state universities to use federal grant and contract payments to pay debt service on revenue bonds if required by the U.S. Department of Education's Historically Black College and University Capital Financing Program

  • Adds new language permitting moneys due to state universities from the Federal Government for payment of grants and contracts to be used for revenue bond debt service, with this authority limited specifically to requirements of the federal HBCU program

  • Maintains existing restrictions that revenue bonds cannot be secured by or payable from tuition, financial aid fees, educational department revenues, or other operating revenues of state universities, except as modified by this amendment

  • Takes effect July 1, 2018

Legislative Description

Postsecondary Revenue Bonds and Debt

Last Action

Laid on Table, refer to SB 1712

3/5/2018

Committee Referrals

Appropriations2/22/2018
Ways and Means Committee2/19/2018
Higher Education Appropriations Subcommittee11/1/2017

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