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ACT No. 196
Regular Session, 2011
HOUSE BILL NO. 526
BY REPRESENTATIVES ROBIDEAUX, CARMODY, CARTER, DOERGE, GISCLAIR,
GUINN, HARDY, HENDERSON, HENSGENS, PATRICIA SMITH, AND ST.
GERMAIN
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:3351(A)(5)(b)(iii)(cc), to authorize the Board of Supervisors of2
Community and Technical Colleges to increase tuition and mandatory fee amounts3
at institutions under its supervision and management; to provide limitations; to4
provide applicability; to provide for implementation, including provisions for the5
uniform imposition of tuition and mandatory fee amounts on a per-credit-hour basis;6
to provide an effective date; and to provide for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 17:3351(A)(5)(b)(iii)(cc) is hereby enacted to read as follows:9
ยง3351. General powers, duties, and functions of college and university boards10
A. Subject only to the powers of the Board of Regents specifically11
enumerated in Article VIII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and as12
otherwise provided by law, each postsecondary system management board as a body13
corporate shall have authority to exercise power necessary to supervise and manage14
the day-to-day operations of institutions of postsecondary education under its15
control, including but not limited to the following:16
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(5)18
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(b)20
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(iii)22
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(cc)(I) Notwithstanding the limitation provided by Subitem (aa) of this Item1
or any authority provided to the board by this Subparagraph and in accordance with2
Article VII, Section 2.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the Board of Supervisors3
of Community and Technical Colleges is authorized to increase the tuition amount4
and the mandatory fee amount applicable to resident students at community and at5
technical-community colleges under its supervision and management provided the6
total combined tuition and mandatory fee amounts for an academic year do not7
exceed the highest total combined tuition and mandatory fee amounts in effect for8
such students on July 1, 2011. Increases in tuition and mandatory fee amounts9
pursuant to this Subsubitem shall be effective beginning with the fall semester of the10
2011-2012 academic year and continuing thereafter. Additionally, the board may11
provide for the uniform imposition of tuition and mandatory fees amounts for12
students at community and at technical-community colleges under its supervision13
and management on a per-credit-hour basis; however, total amounts charged on a14
per-credit-hour basis shall not exceed the maximum amounts for full-time status15
otherwise authorized by this Subsubitem.16
(II) Notwithstanding the limitation provided by Subitem (aa) of this Item or17
any authority provided to the board by this Subparagraph and in accordance with18
Article VII, Section 2.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the Board of Supervisors19
of Community and Technical Colleges is authorized to increase the tuition amount20
and the mandatory fee amount applicable to resident students at the Louisiana21
Technical College provided the total combined tuition and mandatory fee amounts22
do not exceed two thousand dollars for an academic year or comparable period of23
time. Any increase in amounts shall be implemented in such a manner that one-third24
of the increase shall be effective beginning with the fall semester of the 2011-201225
academic year and continuing thereafter, an additional one-third shall be effective26
beginning with the fall semester of the 2012-2013 academic year and continuing27
thereafter, and the final one-third shall be effective beginning with the fall semester28
of the 2013-2014 academic year and continuing thereafter. Additionally, the board29
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students at the Louisiana Technical College on a per-credit-hour basis; however, total1
amounts charged on a per-credit-hour basis shall not exceed the maximum amounts2
for full-time status otherwise authorized by this Subsubitem.3
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not5
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature6
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If7
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become8
effective on the day following such approval.9
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATI VES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: