71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 1074
 
                           A-Engrossed
 
                         Senate Bill 327
                  Ordered by the Senate May 24
            Including Senate Amendments dated May 24
 
Printed pursuant to Senate Interim Rule 213.28 by order of the
  President of the Senate in conformance with presession filing
  rules, indicating neither advocacy nor opposition on the part
  of the President (at the request of Governor John A. Kitzhaber,
  M.D., for Department of Higher Education)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure.
 
  Increases limitation on building fee that State Board of Higher
Education may charge and collect from students.
  Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2001.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to higher education building fees; creating new
  provisions; amending ORS 351.170; and declaring an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 351.170 is amended to read:
  351.170. (1) The State Board of Higher Education shall
establish such rates, charges and fees for use of buildings,
structures or projects referred to in ORS 351.160 (1), including
revenue-producing buildings and structures already constructed,
as, in the judgment of the board, will provide the required
revenues to make the particular new building, project or
structure self-liquidating and self-supporting, and as will
provide the funds with which to amortize the principal of and pay
the interest on the bonds issued to finance such buildings,
structures or projects.
  (2) The board shall charge and collect from each regular
student a building fee at a rate not to exceed   { - $25 - }
 { +  $45 + } for each regular term, for not less than three
terms in each regular academic year, and not to exceed
 { - $37.50 - }  { +  $67.50 + } if instruction is on a semester
basis, or an equivalent rate of charge   { - where - }
 { + when + } instruction is on a different basis. The board is
authorized to maintain adequate sinking funds for bonds
outstanding. The fee shall be in addition to tuition and other
fees charged to students and shall be deposited with the State
Treasurer and credited to the appropriate subfund of the Higher
Education Bond Sinking Fund.
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) Notwithstanding ORS 351.170 (2), for the
2001-2003 biennium, the State Board of Higher Education shall
charge and collect from each regular student a building fee at a
rate not to exceed $35 for each regular term, for not less than
three terms in each regular academic year, and not to exceed
$52.50 if instruction is on a semester basis, or an equivalent
rate of charge when instruction is on a different basis.
  (2) The State Board of Higher Education shall report to the
appropriate legislative committees of the Seventy-second
Legislative Assembly on the use of funds derived from the
building fees permitted by this section and the projects begun or
contemplated for construction based upon those funds. In
developing the report, the board shall consult with those campus
student government organizations responsible for recommending
building projects to the presidents of their respective
institutions. The report shall be delivered no later than March
15, 2003. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2001 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2001 Act takes effect July 1,
2001. + }
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