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2015 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 155
BY SENATOR DONAHUE
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
TUITION. Constitutional amendment to authorize the postsecondary education management
boards to establish tuition and fee amounts charged by institutions under their supervision
and management. (2/3-CA13sl(A))
1 A JOINT RESOLUTION
2 Proposing to add Article VIII, Section 7.2 of the Constitution of Louisiana, relative to
3 postsecondary education; to authorize certain postsecondary education management
4 boards to establish the tuition and mandatory fee amounts charged by the institutions
5 under their supervision and management; and to specify an election for submission
6 of the proposition to electors and provide a ballot proposition.
7 Section 1. Be it resolved by the Legislature of Louisiana, two-thirds of the members
8 elected to each house concurring, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the state, for
9 their approval or rejection in the manner provided by law, a proposal to add Article VIII,
10 Section 7.2 of the Constitution of Louisiana, to read as follows:
11 ยง7.2. Postsecondary Education Management Boards; Tuition and Fee Authority
12 Section 7.2. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article VII, Section
13 (2.1)(A), or any other provision of this constitution or law to the contrary, each
14 postsecondary education management board created by this Article shall have
15 the authority to establish the tuition and mandatory fee amounts charged by the
16 institutions under its supervision and management.
17 Section 2. Be it further resolved that this proposed amendment shall be submitted
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1 to the electors of the state of Louisiana at the statewide election to be held on October 24,
2 2015, provided the Act which originated as Senate Bill No. 48 of this 2015 Regular Session
3 is enacted and becomes effective.
4 Section 3. Be it further resolved that on the official ballot to be used at said election
5 there shall be printed a proposition, upon which the electors of the state shall be permitted
6 to vote YES or NO, to amend the Constitution of Louisiana, which proposition shall read as
7 follows:
8 Do you support an amendment to authorize the postsecondary education
9 management boards to establish the tuition and mandatory fee amounts
10 charged by institutions under their supervision and management, without
11 legislative approval?
12 (Adds Article VIII, Section 7.2)
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Jeanne C. Johnston.
DIGEST
SB 155 Engrossed 2015 Regular Session Donahue
Present constitution (Art. VII, Sec. 2.1(A)) provides that any new fee or civil fine or increase
in an existing fee or civil fine imposed or assessed by the state or any board, department, or
agency of the state shall require the enactment of a law by a two-thirds vote of the elected
members of each house of the legislature.
Proposed constitutional amendment provides that, notwithstanding this provision and any
other constitutional provision or law to the contrary, each constitutionally created
postsecondary education management board shall have the authority to establish the tuition
and fee amounts charged by institutions under their supervision and management, without
legislative approval.
Specifies submission of the amendment to the voters at the statewide election to be held on
October 24, 2015, provided Senate Bill No. 48 of this 2015 Regular Session is enacted and
becomes effective.
(Adds Const. Art. VIII, Section 7.2)
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Education to the
original bill
1. Specifies the bill number of the Senate bill that, if enacted, will trigger
submission of the constitutional amendment contained in proposed law to the
voters for approval.
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