California Senate Bill SB960 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 960AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE FEBRUARY 27, 2012 INTRODUCED BY Senator Rubio JANUARY 10, 2012 An act to add Section 89711 to the Education Code, relating to the California State University. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 960, as amended, Rubio. California State University: campus-based mandatory fees. Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. Existing law authorizes the trustees by rule to require all persons to pay fees, rents, deposits, and charges for services, facilities, or materials provided by the trustees to  such   those  persons. This bill would prohibit specified California State University campus-based mandatory fees from being established, adjusted, or reallocated without  consideration by the applicable campus fee advisory committee and a vote of the student body   an affirmative vote of either the student body or a campus fee advisory committee that meets specified criteria  . The bill would also prohibit  a rule, order, or other action of  the California State University  or its campuses, including, but not limited to, the university's  Mandatory Catalog  ,  from providing authority to campus presidents  , or any other person,  to use alternative consultation mechanisms to establish, adjust, or reallocate those campus-based mandatory fees without  consideration by the applicable campus fee advisory committee and a vote of the student body   an af   firmative vote of either the student body or a campus fee advisory committee that meets specified criteria  . Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 89711 is added to the Education Code, to read: 89711. (a) California State University campus-based mandatory fees that are not specifically authorized by statute shall not be established without  consideration by the applicable campus fee advisory committee and a vote of the student body   an affirmative vote of either the student body or a campus fee advisory committee that meets the criteria specified in subdivision (d)  . (b) California State University campus-based mandatory fees  that are  established through a vote of the student body, but not specifically authorized by statute, shall not be adjusted or reallocated without  consideration by the applicable campus fee advisory committee and a vote of the student body   an affirmative vote of either the student body or a campus fee advisory committee that meets the criteria specified in subdivision (d)  . (c)  The   A rule, order, or other action of the  California State University  or its campuses, including, but not limited to, the university's  Mandatory Catalog  ,  shall not provide authority to campus presidents  , or any other person,  to use alternative consultation mechanisms to establish, adjust, or reallocate the campus-based mandatory fees referenced in subdivisions (a) and (b) without  consideration by the applicable campus fee advisory committee and a vote of the student body   an affirmative vote of either the student body or a campus fee advisory committee that meets the criteria specified in subdivision (d)  .  (d) The majority of the membership of a campus fee advisory committee that votes to establish, adjust, or reallocate a campus-based mandatory fee pursuant to this section shall be comprised of student members elected by the student body who may hold other offices. The campus fee advisory committee may include nonstudent members who are appointed or elected as authorized.