General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 844 January Session, 2013 *_____SB00844HED___032813____* General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 844 January Session, 2013 *_____SB00844HED___032813____* AN ACT IMPLEMENTING THE BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE GOVERNOR CONCERNING HIGHER EDUCATION. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 10a-1d of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013): (a) There is established an Office of Higher Education. [Such office shall be within the Board of Regents for Higher Education for administrative purposes only.] The Office of Higher Education shall administer the programs set forth in sections 10-19g, 10-155d, 10a-10a, 10a-11, 10a-11a, 10a-17d, 10a-34 to 10a-34f, inclusive, 10a-35, [10a-36 to 10a-42g, inclusive, 10a-164a,] 10a-166, [and] 10a-168a, [to 10a-170, inclusive] 10a-169a, 10a-169b and section 9 of this act. The State Board of Education shall be responsible for approving any action taken pursuant to sections 10a-34 to 10a-34f, inclusive. Sec. 2. Subsections (a) to (c), inclusive, of section 10a-1e of the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013): (a) Wherever the term "Board of Governors of Higher Education" is used or referred to in the following sections of the general statutes, the term "Board of Regents for Higher Education" shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 3-22e, 4-38c, 4-67x, 4-89, as amended by this act, 4-186, 4d-80, 4d-82, 5-160, 5-177, 10-16p, 10-19, 10-145a, 10-145b, 10-145m, 10-145n, 10-145p, 10-155e, 10-155l, 10-183n, 10-220a, 10-235, 10a-6, 10a-7, 10a-10, [10a-12b,] 10a-13, 10a-16, 10a-19i, 10a-20a, 10a-22, 10a-25j, 10a-25o, 10a-25p, 10a-31, 10a-33, [10a-36, 10a-42b,] 10a-43, 10a-44b, 10a-45, 10a-46, 10a-48, 10a-48b, 10a-49, 10a-51, 10a-54, 10a-66, 10a-74, 10a-78, 10a-132a, 10a-149, 10a-161, 10a-162a, [10a-163,] 10a-163b, 10a-166, 10a-168, [10a-169, 10a-170b, 10a-170d, 10a-170l, 10a-170m, 10a-170u, 10a-170v,] 10a-170w, 10a-171, 10a-203, 10a-210, 12-407, 19a-75, 20-37a, 20-206bb, 30-20a and 52-279. (b) Wherever the term "Department of Higher Education" is used or referred to in the following sections of the general statutes, the term "Board of Regents for Higher Education" shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 4-89, as amended by this act, 4-124x, 4-124y, 4-124aa, 4a-11, 4d-82, 5-155a, 5-198, 10-8c, 10-76i, 10-145b, 10-221a, 10a-1, 10a-8b, 10a-8c, 10a-10, 10a-12, 10a-14, 10a-17, 10a-19c, 10a-19e, 10a-19f, [10a-19g,] 10a-19i, 10a-25, 10a-25n, 10a-48, 10a-54, 10a-55g, 10a-65, 10a-77a, 10a-99a, 10a-109i, 10a-151, 10a-161b, [10a-163,] 10a-163b, 10a-169a, 10a-169b, [10a-170a, 10a-170e, 10a-170i, 10a-170l, 10a-170r, 10a-170t, 10a-170u,] 11-1, 17a-52, 17a-215c and 20-206bb. (c) Wherever the term "Commissioner of Higher Education" is used or referred to in the following sections of the general statutes, the term "president of the Board of Regents for Higher Education" shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 3-22e, 4-124x, 4-124y, 4-124aa, 10-1, 10-16p, 10-16z, 10a-19d, 10a-19e, 10a-19f, [10a-19h,] 10a-48, 10a-48b, 10a-55a, 10a-77a, 10a-99a, 10a-109i, 10a-112g, 10a-144, 10a-150, 10a-150b, 10a-161a, 10a-161b, [10a-163,] 10a-169a, 10a-169b, [10a-170c, 10a-170d, 10a-170i, 10a-170k, 10a-170s, 10a-170t,] 10a-203, 10a-224, 12-413b, 17a-52, 32-4f, 32-35 and 32-39. Sec. 3. Subsection (a) of section 10a-1f of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013): (a) Wherever the term "Office of Financial and Academic Affairs for Higher Education" is used or referred to in the following sections of the general statutes, the term "Office of Higher Education" shall be substituted in lieu thereof: 10-155d, 10a-1d, 10a-10a, 10a-11, 10a-11a, 10a-22d, 10a-22r, 10a-22s, 10a-22u, 10a-34, 10a-34a, 10a-34c, 10a-34d, 10a-34e, 10a-34f, 10a-35, 10a-38, 10a-39, 10a-40, 10a-42, 10a-42g, 10a-48a, as amended by this act, 10a-104, [10a-163a, 10a-164a,] and 10a-168a. [, 10a-169 and 10a-170.] Sec. 4. Section 10a-48a of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013): [(a)] There is established within the Office of Higher Education a student community service fellowship program to develop community service leadership and activities for students at institutions of higher education in the state. For each fiscal year in which funds are appropriated the program shall provide a fellowship or fellowships. Fellowships shall be awarded for one academic year, except that fellowships to undergraduate students shall be awarded on a semester basis. Fellowship recipients shall work throughout the state to develop and coordinate programs in which students provide community service, train students who are providing or are interested in providing community service, be responsible for publicizing opportunities for students to provide community service, work with faculty and administrators at institutions of higher education in the state to promote student community service and assist in the implementation of the provisions of section 10a-48. To be eligible for a fellowship pursuant to this subsection, an applicant's residence shall be as defined in section 10a-28. [(b) Not later than January 1, 1991, each institution of higher education which receives funds for student financial assistance pursuant to section 10a-40 or 10a-164a, shall have a coordinator for student community service, provided each such institution may designate either an employee or a student as such coordinator.] Sec. 5. Subsection (a) of section 10a-55i of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013): (a) There is established a Higher Education Consolidation Committee which shall be convened by the chairpersons of the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education or such chairpersons' designee, who shall be a member of such joint standing committee. The membership of the Higher Education Consolidation Committee shall consist of the higher education subcommittee on appropriations and the chairpersons, vice chairpersons and ranking members of the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to higher education and appropriations. The Higher Education Consolidation Committee shall establish a meeting and public hearing schedule for purposes of receiving updates from the Board of Regents for Higher Education on the progress of the consolidation of the state system of higher education pursuant to section 4-9c, subsection (a) of section 4d-90, subsection (g) of section 5-160, section 5-199d, subsection (a) of section 7-323k, subsection (a) of section 7-608, subsection (a) of section 10-9, section 10-155d, subdivision (14) of section 10-183b, sections 10a-1a to 10a-1d, inclusive, 10a-3 and 10a-3a, subsection (a) of section 10a-6a, sections 10a-6b, 10a-8, 10a-10a to 10a-11a, inclusive, 10a-17d and 10a-22a, subsections (f) and (h) of section 10a-22b, subsections (c) and (d) of section 10a-22d, sections 10a-22h and 10a-22k, subsection (a) of section 10a-22n, sections 10a-22r, 10a-22s, 10a-22u, 10a-22v, 10a-22x and 10a-34 to 10a-35a, inclusive, [subsection (e) of section 10a-37, sections 10a-38 to 10a-40, inclusive, 10a-42 and 10a-42g,] subsection (a) of section 10a-48a, as amended by this act, sections 10a-55i, as amended by this act, 10a-71 and 10a-72, subsections (c) and (f) of section 10a-77, section 10a-88, subsection (a) of section 10a-89, subsection (c) of section 10a-99 and sections 10a-102, 10a-104, 10a-105, 10a-109e, 10a-143, [10a-163a, 10a-164a,] and 10a-168a. [and 10a-170.] The Higher Education Consolidation Committee shall convene its first meeting on or before September 15, 2011, and meet not less than once every two months until September 15, 2012. Sec. 6. Subsection (f) of section 4-89 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013): (f) The provisions of this section shall not apply to appropriations to the Office of Higher Education for student financial assistance for [the scholarship program established under section 10a-169, or for the high technology graduate scholarship program established under section 10a-170a,] the Governor's Scholarship program established under section 9 of this act, or to the Board of Regents for Higher Education for Connecticut higher education centers of excellence established under section 10a-25h, to the Office of Higher Education for the minority advancement program established under subsection (b) of section 10a-11, to the Board of Regents for Higher Education for the high technology doctoral fellowship program established under section 10a-25n, or to the operating funds of the constituent units of the state system of higher education established pursuant to sections 10a-105, 10a-99 and 10a-77. Such appropriations shall not lapse until the end of the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year of the appropriation except that centers of excellence appropriations deposited by the Board of Regents for Higher Education in the Endowed Chair Investment Fund, established under section 10a-20a, shall not lapse but shall be held permanently in the Endowed Chair Investment Fund and any moneys remaining in higher education operating funds of the constituent units of the state system of higher education shall not lapse but shall be held permanently in such funds. On or before September first, annually, the Office of Higher Education and Board of Regents for Higher Education shall submit a report to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, through the Office of Fiscal Analysis, concerning the amount of each such appropriation carried over from the preceding fiscal year. Sec. 7. Section 10a-161 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013): The [Board of Regents for] Office of Higher Education shall: (1) Establish state-wide policy pertaining to student financial assistance; [under sections 10a-163 and 10a-167 to 10a-169, inclusive;] (2) establish procedure by regulation, for the award of financial assistance under sections 10a-167 and [10a-169] section 9 of this act; (3) review and approve applications for financial assistance under [sections 10a-163,] section 10a-168 and [10a-169] section 9 of this act; (4) receive and review records of all financial assistance granted pursuant to section 10a-167; (5) increase the availability of the state financial assistance programs to all segments of the state population, with significant attention to those with special needs; and (6) assist financial aid officers at institutions of higher education and secondary school guidance counselors in becoming better informed about matters concerning student financial assistance affairs. [The Board of Regents for Higher Education shall appoint a seven-member advisory committee on student financial assistance matters. At least one member shall be a financial aid officer at a public institution of higher education; at least one member shall be a financial aid officer at an independent institution of higher education; at least one member shall be a Connecticut student from a public institution of higher education in the state; at least one member shall be a Connecticut student from an independent college or university in the state; and, at least one member shall be a public secondary school guidance counselor.] Sec. 8. Section 10a-168 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013): If the [Board of Regents for] Office of Higher Education determines that no approved program of teacher education within the state is available for the preparation of teachers of children requiring special education as defined in part V of chapter 164, said [board of regents] office may provide scholarship aid for such undergraduate and graduate students as it may designate to attend approved programs in institutions in other states. The [board] office may determine the amount of such scholarship aid in each case. [, without regard to the limitations of section 10a-169.] In order to be eligible for such scholarship aid, any applicant shall agree to teach children requiring special education in Connecticut for at least three years. Sec. 9. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2013) (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Family contribution" means the expected family contribution for educational costs as computed from the student's Free Application for Federal Student Aid; (2) "Full-time or part-time undergraduate student" means a student who is enrolled at an institution of higher education in a course of study leading to such student's first associate or bachelor degree and who is carrying, for a full-time student, twelve or more semester credit hours, or, for a part-time student, between six and eleven semester credit hours at such institution of higher education; (3) "Independent institution of higher education" means a nonprofit institution established in this state (A) that has degree-granting authority in this state; (B) that has its main campus located in this state; (C) that is not included in the Connecticut system of public higher education; and (D) whose primary function is not the preparation of students for religious vocation; (4) "Public institution of higher education" means the constituent units of the state system of higher education identified in subdivisions (1) to (4), inclusive, of section 10a-1 of the general statutes; (5) "Eligible educational costs" means the tuition and required fees for an individual student that are published by each institution of higher education participating in the grant program established under this section, plus a fixed amount for required books and educational supplies as determined by the Office of Higher Education. (b) The state, acting through the Office of Higher Education, shall establish the Governor's Scholarship program to annually make need-based financial aid available for eligible educational costs for Connecticut residents enrolled at Connecticut's public and independent institutions of higher education as full-time or part-time undergraduate students beginning with new or transfer students in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014. Any award made to a student in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2013, under the capitol scholarship grant program, established under section 10a-169 of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013, the Connecticut aid to public college students grant program, established under section 10a-164a of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013, Connecticut aid to Charter Oak, established under subsection (c) of section 10a-164a of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013, or the Connecticut independent college student grant program, established under section 10a-36 of the general statutes, revision of 1958, revised to January 1, 2013, shall be offered under the Governor's Scholarship program and be renewable for the life of the original award, provided such student meets and continues to meet the need and academic standards established for purposes of the program under which such student received the original award. (c) Within available appropriations, the Governor's Scholarship program shall be comprised of a need and merit-based grant, a need-based grant, a Charter Oak grant, and a performance incentive pool. The need and merit-based grant shall be funded at not less than twenty per cent of available appropriations. The need-based grant shall be funded at up to eighty per cent of available appropriations. The Charter Oak grant shall be not less than one hundred thousand dollars of available appropriations. The incentive pool shall be not less than two and one-half per cent of available appropriations. There shall be an administrative allowance based on one-quarter of one per cent of the available appropriations, but not less than one hundred thousand dollars. (d) The Governor's Scholarship need and merit-based grant shall be available to any Connecticut resident who is a full-time or part-time undergraduate student at any public or independent institution of higher education beginning in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014. The Office of Higher Education shall determine eligibility by financial need based on family contribution and eligibility by merit based on either previous high school academic achievement or performance on standardized academic aptitude tests. The Office of Higher Education shall make awards according to a sliding scale, annually determined by said office, up to a maximum family contribution and based on available appropriations and eligible students. The Governor's Scholarship need and merit-based grant shall be awarded in a higher amount than the need-based grant awarded pursuant to subsection (e) of this section. Recipients of the need and merit-based grant shall not be eligible to receive an additional need-based award. The accepting institution of higher education shall disburse sums awarded under such grant for payment of the student's eligible educational costs. (e) The Governor's Scholarship need-based grant shall be available to any Connecticut resident who is a full-time or part-time undergraduate student at any public or independent institution of higher education beginning in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014. The Office of Higher Education shall determine eligibility based on family contribution. The amount of the annual appropriation to be allocated to each institution of higher education shall be determined by its actual eligible enrollment based on family contribution during the fiscal year one year prior to the grant year. Participating institutions of higher education shall make awards according to a sliding scale, annually determined by the Office of Higher Education, up to a maximum family contribution and based on available appropriations and the number of eligible students. The maximum award shall be determined by the Office of Higher Education based on available funding and the number of eligible students. Each participating institution of higher education shall expend all of the moneys received under the Governor's Scholarship program as direct financial assistance only for eligible educational costs based on the sliding scale determined by the Office of Higher Education and the maximum award amounts set by said office. (f) Participating institutions of higher education shall annually provide the Office of Higher Education with data and reports on all Connecticut students who applied for financial aid, including, but not limited to, students receiving a Governor's Scholarship grant, in a form and at a time determined by said office. If an institution of higher education fails to submit information to the Office of Higher Education as directed, such institution shall be prohibited from participating in the scholarship program in the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which such institution failed to submit such information. Each participating institution of higher education shall maintain, for a period of not less than three years, records substantiating the reported number of Connecticut students and documentation utilized by the institution of higher education in determining eligibility of the student grant recipients. Such records shall be subject to audit. Funds not obligated by an institution of higher education shall be returned by February fifteenth in the fiscal year the grant was made to the Office of Higher Education for reallocation. Financial aid provided to Connecticut residents under this program shall be designated as a grant from the Governor's Scholarship program. (g) The Governor's Scholarship Charter Oak grant shall be available to any full-time or part-time undergraduate student enrolled in Charter Oak State College beginning in the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014. The Office of Higher Education shall allocate any appropriation to Charter Oak State College to be used to provide grants for eligible educational costs to residents of this state who demonstrate substantial financial need and who are matriculated in a degree program at Charter Oak State College. Individual awards shall not exceed a student's calculated eligible educational costs. Financial aid provided to Connecticut residents under this program shall be designated as a grant from the Governor's Scholarship program. (h) The Governor's Scholarship incentive pool shall be created to encourage retention and completion for any student who (1) receives the Governor's Scholarship need-based grant, (2) returns with sufficient credits to complete such student's associate degree in two years or bachelor degree in four years, and (3) exceeds the minimum satisfactory academic performance standards as determined by the Office of Higher Education. Such student shall be eligible beginning in the second year of such student's need-based grant. The pool shall be distributed to participating institutions of higher education based on eligibility as determined by the Office of Higher Education. (i) In administering the Governor's Scholarship program, the Office of Higher Education shall develop and utilize fiscal procedures designed to ensure accountability of the public funds expended. Such procedures shall include provisions for compliance audits that shall be conducted by the Office of Higher Education on any institution of higher education that participates in the program. Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015, and biennially thereafter, each such institution of higher education shall submit the results of an audit done by an independent certified public accountant for each year of participation in the program. Any institution of higher education determined by the Office of Higher Education not to be in substantial compliance with the provisions of the Governor's Scholarship program shall be ineligible to receive funds under the program for the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the institution of higher education was determined not to be in substantial compliance. Funding shall be restored when the Office of Higher Education determines that the institution of higher education has returned to substantial compliance. Sec. 10. Subsection (a) of section 10-21c of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013): (a) Any local or regional board of education that has a demonstrated shortage of certified teachers in those fields designated by the State Board of Education [pursuant to the provisions of section 10a-163] or that elects to expand the academic offerings to students in the areas identified by the Labor Commissioner and the Office of Workforce Competitiveness pursuant to the provisions of section 4-124w may solicit and accept qualified private sector specialists, not necessarily certified to teach, whose services to teach in shortage areas have been donated by business firms, as defined in section 12-631. Private sector specialists who donate their services may be permitted to offer instruction in existing or specially designed curricula, provided no private sector specialist shall be permitted to work more than one-half of the maximum classroom hours of a full-time certified teacher, and provided further no private sector specialist teaching in an area identified by the Labor Commissioner and the Office of Workforce Competitiveness pursuant to section 4-124w shall have sole responsibility for a classroom. No certified teacher may be terminated, transferred or reassigned due to the utilization of any private sector specialist. Local or regional boards of education shall annually review the need for private sector specialists and shall not renew or place a private sector specialist if certified teachers are available. Sec. 11. Subdivision (4) of subsection (a) of section 10a-6 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013): (a) The Board of Regents for Higher Education shall: (1) Establish state-wide policy and guidelines for Connecticut's system of public higher education; (2) develop a master plan for higher education and postsecondary education, consistent with the goals in subsection (b) of this section; (3) establish state-wide tuition and student fee policies; [(4) establish state-wide student financial aid policies; (5)] (4) monitor and evaluate institutional effectiveness and viability in accordance with criteria established by the board; [(6)] (5) merge or close institutions within the Connecticut State University System, the regional community-technical college system and the Board for State Academic Awards in accordance with criteria established by the board, provided (A) such recommended merger or closing shall require a two-thirds vote of the board and (B) notice of such recommended merger or closing shall be sent to the committee having cognizance over matters relating to education and to the General Assembly; [(7)] (6) review and approve mission statements for the Connecticut State University System, the regional community-technical college system and the Board for State Academic Awards and role and scope statements for the individual institutions and campuses of such constituent units; [(8)] (7) review and approve any recommendations for the establishment of new academic programs submitted to the board by the constituent unit boards of trustees, and, in consultation with the affected constituent units, provide for the initiation, consolidation or termination of academic programs. The Board of Regents for Higher Education shall notify the board of trustees affected by the proposed termination of an academic program. Within ninety days of receipt of such notice, said trustees shall accept or reject the termination proposal and shall notify the Board of Regents for Higher Education of its action. If the termination proposal is rejected by the trustees, the Board of Regents for Higher Education may override the rejection by a two-thirds vote; [(9)] (8) develop criteria to ensure acceptable quality in programs and institutions and enforce standards through licensing and accreditation; [(10)] (9) prepare and present to the Governor and General Assembly, in accordance with section 10a-8, consolidated operating and capital expenditure budgets for public higher education developed in accordance with the provisions of said section 10a-8; [(11)] (10) review and make recommendations on plans received from the constituent unit boards of trustees for the continuing development and maximum utilization of the state's public higher education resources; [(12)] (11) appoint advisory committees to assist in defining and suggesting solutions for the problems and needs of higher education; [(13)] (12) establish an advisory council for higher education with representatives from public and private institutions to study methods and proposals for coordinating efforts of all such institutions in providing a stimulating and enriched educational environment for the citizens of the state, including measures to improve educational opportunities through alternative and nontraditional approaches such as external degrees and credit by examination; [(14)] (13) coordinate programs and services throughout public higher education and between public and independent institutions, including procedures to evaluate the impact on independent institutions of higher education of proposals affecting public institutions of higher education; [(15)] (14) make or enter into contracts, leases or other agreements in connection with its responsibilities under this part, provided all acquisitions of real estate by lease or otherwise shall be subject to the provisions of section 4b-23; [(16)] (15) be responsible for the care and maintenance of permanent records of institutions of higher education dissolved after September 1, 1969; [(17)] (16) prepare and present to the Governor and General Assembly legislative proposals affecting public higher education, including proposals which utilize programs and facilities of independent institutions of higher education; [(18)] (17) develop and maintain a central higher education information system and establish definitions and data requirements for the state system of higher education; and [(19)] (18) undertake such studies and other activities as will best serve the higher educational interests of the state. Sec. 12. Section 10a-87 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2013): The Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System shall maintain: Western Connecticut State University, Southern Connecticut State University, Eastern Connecticut State University and Central Connecticut State University. The board of trustees shall offer curricula which shall prepare persons who have successfully completed the same to teach in the schools of the state at any of said institutions as the board shall deem appropriate and, in addition, programs of study in academic and career fields, provided the board of trustees shall submit to the Board of Regents for Higher Education for review and approval recommendations for program terminations at any of said institutions in accordance with the provisions of subdivision [(8)] (7) of subsection (a) of section 10a-6. The board of trustees shall establish policies which protect academic freedom and the content of course and degree programs, provided such policies shall be consistent with state-wide policy and guidelines established by the Board of Regents for Higher Education. Each of said institutions shall confer such degrees in education and in academic and career fields as are appropriate to the curricula of said institution and as are usually conferred by the institutions; honorary degrees may be conferred by said institutions upon approval of each honorary degree recipient by the Board of Trustees of the Connecticut State University System. Sec. 13. Sections 10a-12b, 10a-36 to 10a-42a, inclusive, 10a-42g, 10a-163 to 10a-163b, inclusive, 10a-164a, 10a-169, 10a-170 to 10a-170m, inclusive, 10a-170r to 10a-710v, inclusive, and 10a-172 of the general statutes are repealed. (Effective July 1, 2013) This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 July 1, 2013 10a-1d(a) Sec. 2 July 1, 2013 10a-1e(a) to (c) Sec. 3 July 1, 2013 10a-1f(a) Sec. 4 July 1, 2013 10a-48a Sec. 5 July 1, 2013 10a-55i(a) Sec. 6 July 1, 2013 4-89(f) Sec. 7 July 1, 2013 10a-161 Sec. 8 July 1, 2013 10a-168 Sec. 9 July 1, 2013 New section Sec. 10 July 1, 2013 10-21c(a) Sec. 11 July 1, 2013 10a-6(a)(4) Sec. 12 July 1, 2013 10a-87 Sec. 13 July 1, 2013 Repealer section This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: Section 1 July 1, 2013 10a-1d(a) Sec. 2 July 1, 2013 10a-1e(a) to (c) Sec. 3 July 1, 2013 10a-1f(a) Sec. 4 July 1, 2013 10a-48a Sec. 5 July 1, 2013 10a-55i(a) Sec. 6 July 1, 2013 4-89(f) Sec. 7 July 1, 2013 10a-161 Sec. 8 July 1, 2013 10a-168 Sec. 9 July 1, 2013 New section Sec. 10 July 1, 2013 10-21c(a) Sec. 11 July 1, 2013 10a-6(a)(4) Sec. 12 July 1, 2013 10a-87 Sec. 13 July 1, 2013 Repealer section HED Joint Favorable Subst. HED Joint Favorable Subst.