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Regular Session, 2014
SENATE BILL NO. 177
BY SENATOR APPEL
POSTSECONDARY ED. Provides relative to the use, expenditure, or allocation of funds
appropriated to public postsecondary education management boards. (gov sig)
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3351(A)(3), relative to the powers, duties, and functions of2
public postsecondary education management boards; to provide relative to the3
authority of such boards with respect to the allocation and expenditure of4
appropriated funds; and to provide for related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. R.S. 17:3351(A)(3) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:7
ยง3351. General powers, duties, and functions of college and university8
postsecondary education management boards9
A. Subject only to the powers of the Board of Regents specifically10
enumerated in Article VIII, Section 5 of the Constitution of Louisiana, and as11
otherwise provided by law, each postsecondary system management board as a body12
corporate shall have authority to exercise power necessary to supervise and manage13
the day-to-day operations of institutions of postsecondary education under its14
control, including but not limited to the following:15
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(3)(a) Receive and expend or allocate for expenditure to the institutions under17 SB NO. 177
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its jurisdiction all monies appropriated or otherwise made available for purposes of1
the board or the institutions under its jurisdiction according to the master plan for2
higher postsecondary education, the funding formula adopted by the Board of3
Regents, and, except as otherwise provided in the general or a supplemental4
appropriations bill, the Board of Regents' budget recommendations.5
(b)(i) Notwithstanding the provisions of Subparagraph (a) of this6
Paragraph, each board may redirect an amount not to exceed five percent of the7
allocation specified by the formula for each institution under its control to8
address specific issues that might arise during the budget allocation process.9
(ii) An amount greater than five percent of the allocation specified by the10
formula for each institution may be redirected in the event of a natural disaster11
or other emergency situation, as certified by the Board of Regents and approved12
by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.13
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not15
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature16
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If17
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become18
effective on the day following such approval.19
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jeanne C. Johnston.
DIGEST
Appel (SB 177)
Present law grants certain powers and duties to the postsecondary education management
boards, including the power to receive, spend, and allocate monies appropriated or otherwise
made available to them. Provides that such authority is subject to the master plan for
postsecondary education.
Proposed law retains present law and provides that the power to receive, spend, and allocate
monies is also subject to the funding formula adopted by the Board of Regents and, unless
otherwise provided in an appropriations bill, the board's budget recommendations.
Proposed law permits a management board to redirect an amount not to exceed 5% of the
specified formula allocation for each institution to address specific issues that might arise
during the budget allocation process. Further provides that an amount greater than five
percent of the allocation specified by the formula for each institution may be redirected in SB NO. 177
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the event of a natural disaster or other emergency situation, as certified by the Board of
Regents and approved by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Amends R.S. 17:3351(A)(3))