HLS 15RS-586 REENGROSSED
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 62
BY REPRESENTATIVES FOIL AND CARMODY
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: (Constitutional Amendment) Exempts public postsecondary
education fees from requirements for imposing a new or increasing an existing fee
1 A JOINT RESOLUTION
2Proposing to add Article VII, Section 2.1(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to
3 requirements in relation to the imposition of or increase in fees and civil fines; to
4 provide exceptions relative to public postsecondary education fees; to provide for
5 submission of the proposed amendment to the electors; and to provide for related
6 matters.
7 Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members
8elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state of
9Louisiana, for their approval or rejection in the manner provided by law, a proposal to add
10Article VII, Section 2.1(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows:
11 ยง2.1. Fees and Civil Fines; Limitation; Exceptions
12 Section 2.1.
13 * * *
14 (C) The provisions of Paragraph (A) of this Section do not apply to fees
15 charged by a postsecondary education institution, excluding tuition.
16 Section 2. Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted
17to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on October 24,
182015.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 15RS-586 REENGROSSED
HB NO. 62
1 Section 3. Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at the election,
2there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted
3to vote YES or NO, to amend the Constitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall read as
4follows:
5 Do you support an amendment to exempt public higher education from the
6 requirement that the imposition of a new student fee or fee increase, other
7 than tuition, requires the enactment of a law by the legislature? (Adds
8 Article VII, Section 2.1(C))
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)]
HB 62 Reengrossed 2015 Regular Session Foil
Abstract: Removes fees charged by institutions of higher education from constitutional
provisions requiring law enacted by a two-thirds vote of the legislature.
Present constitution requires that all new fees or increases of existing fees imposed by the
state or any board, department, or agency of the state be enacted by a two-thirds vote of the
legislature. This provision of present constitution applies to tuition and fees charged to
students attending public institutions of higher education.
Proposed constitutional amendment exempts from this requirement new or increased fees,
excluding tuition, charged to students attending public institutions of higher education.
Provides for submission of the proposed amendment to the voters at the statewide election
to be held Oct. 24, 2015.
(Adds Article VII, Section 2.1(C))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Civil Law and
Procedure to the engrossed bill:
1. Provide that the constitutional amendment will be submitted to the electors for
voting at the statewide election on Oct. 24, 2015.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.