Full Text of SB0221 99th General Assembly
SB0221sam003 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Pat McGuire Filed: 5/5/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 221
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 221, AS AMENDED, by | 3 | | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | 4 | | following:
| 5 | | "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 6 | | Political Events on College Campuses Act. | 7 | | Section 5. Definitions. In this Act: | 8 | | "Facility" includes all buildings and grounds owned or | 9 | | controlled by the public university or community college and | 10 | | the streets, sidewalks, malls, parking lots, and roadways | 11 | | within the boundaries of property owned or controlled by the | 12 | | public university or community college. | 13 | | "Use of facilities" means the holding of any event or | 14 | | forum, the posting of signs, all forms of advertising, | 15 | | commercial solicitation or the conduct of other commercial | 16 | | activities, and the distribution of pamphlets or similar |
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| 1 | | written materials on or using public university or community | 2 | | college facilities.
| 3 | | Section 10. Facility priority. First priority for the use | 4 | | of campus facilities shall be given to regularly scheduled | 5 | | public university or community college activities. The use of | 6 | | public university or community college facilities may be | 7 | | subject to reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions that | 8 | | take into account, among other considerations, the general | 9 | | facilities policy, the direct and indirect costs to the public | 10 | | university or community college, environmental, health and | 11 | | safety concerns, wear and tear on the facilities, | 12 | | appropriateness of the event to the specific facility, and the | 13 | | impact of the event on the campus community, surrounding | 14 | | neighborhoods, and the general public. In reviewing | 15 | | conflicting requests to use public university or community | 16 | | college facilities, primary consideration shall be given to | 17 | | activities specifically related to the public university or | 18 | | community college's mission. | 19 | | Section 15. Political activities.
Public university and | 20 | | community college facilities may be used for the following: | 21 | | (1) public university and community college faculty, | 22 | | staff, departments, employee bargaining agents, student | 23 | | government organizations, or registered student | 24 | | organizations sponsoring candidate forums, voter |
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| 1 | | registration drives, and issue forums regarding ballot | 2 | | propositions; | 3 | | (2) candidates for office and proponents or opponents | 4 | | of candidates for office or ballot propositions renting | 5 | | public university or community college facilities on a | 6 | | short-term basis for campaign purposes to the same extent | 7 | | and on the same basis as may other individuals or groups; | 8 | | (3) candidates for office and proponents or opponents | 9 | | of candidates for office or ballot propositions using | 10 | | public forum areas, to the same extent and on the same | 11 | | basis as may other individuals or groups; and | 12 | | (4) a registered student organization or employee | 13 | | bargaining agent inviting a candidate or another political | 14 | | speaker to one of the meetings of its membership on public | 15 | | university or community college property, if the student | 16 | | organization or employee bargaining agent has complied | 17 | | with the scheduling procedures of the public university or | 18 | | community college. | 19 | | Section 20. Restrictions. | 20 | | (a) When an event under this Act involves the rental of a | 21 | | public university or community college facility, the full | 22 | | rental cost of the facility must be paid and State funds may | 23 | | not be used to pay rental costs or cover any other costs | 24 | | associated with the event. | 25 | | (b) Public university or community college facilities may |
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| 1 | | not be used to establish or maintain offices or headquarters | 2 | | for political candidates or partisan political causes. | 3 | | (c) All candidates who have filed for office for a given | 4 | | position, regardless of party affiliation, must be given equal | 5 | | access to the use of facilities within a reasonable time, if | 6 | | the candidates are in compliance with the provisions of this | 7 | | Act. | 8 | | (d) Use of public university facilities for political | 9 | | activities, as described in this Act, must have prior approval | 10 | | of the university ethics and compliance office and the Office | 11 | | of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost or a | 12 | | similar office. | 13 | | (e) Use of community college facilities for political | 14 | | activities, as described in this Act, must have prior approval | 15 | | of the campus human resources office or a designee set forth by | 16 | | the community college.".
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