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Regular Session, 2012
HOUSE BILL NO. 883
BY REPRESENTATIVES HENRY BURNS AND LEGER
HIGHER ED/BD REGENTS: Authorizes the Board of Regents to increase licensure fee for
postsecondary, academic degree-granting institutions operating in La.
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 17:1808(C)(1)(d); to provide relative to licensure of2
postsecondary, academic degree-granting institutions; to authorize the Board of3
Regents to increase the license fee for such institutions; and to provide for related4
matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 17:1808(C)(1)(d) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as7
follows: 8
ยง1808. Registration and licensure of postsecondary, academic degree-granting9
institutions10
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C.(1) Prior to April 1, 1992, the Board of Regents shall:12
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(d)(i) Establish licensure fees and adopt procedures for collecting and14
expending such fees.15
(ii) Effective September 1, 2012, the Board of Regents may increase, by up16
to seven hundred fifty dollars, the licensure fees previously established pursuant to17
this Subparagraph.18
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HB NO. 883
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Section 2. The Board of Regents may take such action as shall be necessary to1
provide for an increase in licensure fees pursuant to this Act to be effective on and after2
September 1, 2012.3
Section 3. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not4
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature5
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If6
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become7
effective on the day following such approval.8
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Henry Burns HB No. 883
Abstract: Authorizes the Board of Regents to increase, by up to $750, the licensure fees for
postsecondary, academic degree-granting institutions.
Present law requires any postsecondary, academic degree-granting institution operating or
proposing to initiate operations in Louisiana to be licensed by the Board of Regents.
Provides that licensure may be required biennially and may be granted for a period not to
exceed 10 years.
Present law required the Board of Regents, prior to April 1, 1992, to establish licensure fees
and adopt procedures for collecting and expending such fees.
Proposed law, effective Sept. 1, 2012, authorizes the Board of Regents to increase, by up to
$750, the licensure fees previously established pursuant to present law. Authorizes board
action as necessary to provide for such an increase to be effective on and after Sept. 1, 2012.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 17:1808(C)(1)(d))