Sen. Edward D. Maloney
Filed: 3/12/2007
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 674 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 674 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the 
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Student Referendum Act.
 
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    Section 5. Definitions.  In this Act:
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    "Full-time student" means a student enrolled for at least 
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12 hours per term or as otherwise determined by the public 
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institution of higher education.
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    "Part-time student" means a person who is enrolled for at 
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least one-third of the number of hours required per term by the 
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public institution of higher education for its full time 
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students.
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    "President" means the president, chancellor, or other lead 
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official of the public institution of higher education.
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    "Public institution of higher education" means an 
 


 






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institution that is included in the definition of "public 
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institutions of higher education" under the Board of Higher 
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Education Act.
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    "Term of enrollment" means a semester, quarter, or 
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trimester, as appropriate to the public institution of higher 
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education.
 
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    Section 10. Applicability.  The provisions of this Act apply 
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to each public institution of higher education in this State.
 
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    Section 15. Student-initiated referendums. 
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    (a) The governing body of each public institution of higher 
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education shall establish procedures providing for 
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student-initiated fee referendums at a date no later than 
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December 31, 2007.
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    (b) Students at a public institution of higher education 
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may, by a majority vote of the students participating in the 
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referendum, authorize the imposition of a fee to be imposed 
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upon each full-time and part-time student as provided in this 
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Section.
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    (c) The President shall establish reasonable procedures 
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for the submission of student-initiated fee referendums, the 
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scheduling of referendum votes, and the collection of the fees.
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    (d) The petition for a student-initiated fee referendum 
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shall clearly identify the amount of money per student that 
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will be authorized by the referendum. The governing body of 
 


 






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each public institution of higher education shall establish a 
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reasonable maximum amount of dollars for the fee per full-time 
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student per term of enrollment.
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    (e) The amount authorized in subsection (d) of this Section 
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and affirmed by the student vote shall be imposed on each 
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full-time student enrolled in the public institution of higher 
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education at the start of the next following term of 
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enrollment. Part-time students shall pay a pro-rata share of 
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the fee based on the number of instructional hours registered 
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for.
 
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    Section 20. Report.  The Board of Higher Education, with the 
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cooperation of each public institution of higher education, 
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shall report to the Governor and General Assembly no later than 
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2 years following the effective date of this Act. The report 
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shall include, at a minimum, (i) the procedures for 
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student-initiated fee referendums at each public institution 
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of higher education, (ii) the amount of money raised by each 
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successful student-initiated referendum fee, and (iii) a 
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description of the projects funded by these fees.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".