ENROLLED
ACT No. 293
2017 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 113
BY REPRESENTATIVE BROADWATER
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3351.20(A)(1) and (F), relative to fees charged to students at
3 public postsecondary education institutions; to extend the authority of a public
4 postsecondary education management board to establish, adjust, and increase certain
5 fees; to provide limitations; to extend the requirement that such boards report
6 annually to the legislature relative to such fees; and to provide for related matters.
7 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
8 Section 1. R.S. 17:3351.20(A)(1) and (F) are hereby amended and reenacted to read
9 as follows:
10 ยง3351.20. Mandatory fees
11 A.(1) In addition to the authority granted by any other provision of law,
12 including but not limited to R.S. 17:3139.5, 3351.7, and 3351.8, and in accordance
13 with Article VII, Section 2.1 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the Legislature of
14 Louisiana hereby authorizes the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University
15 and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Board of Supervisors of Southern
16 University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, the Board of Supervisors for
17 the University of Louisiana System, and the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana
18 Community and Technical Colleges to establish at each institution under their
19 respective management and supervision mandatory fees to be charged to students
20 enrolled at such institutions and to adjust the amounts of such fees as they deem
21 necessary. Such authority shall apply for the 2015-2016 and 2016-2017 through the
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1 2019-2020 academic years only, and the authority to increase fees pursuant thereto
2 shall terminate on June 30, 2017 2020.
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4 F. Each postsecondary education management board shall submit a written
5 report to the Senate Committee on Education and the House Committee on
6 Education not later than February 15, 2016, and February 15, 2017, February
7 fifteenth of 2018, 2019, and 2020 regarding how the fees authorized by this Section
8 were are being implemented at each institution under its supervision and
9 management, including an overview of the distribution of the monies in the need-
10 based financial assistance fund as provided in Subsection C of this Section.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED:
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