Bill Text: AZ SB1379 | 2015 | Fifty-second Legislature 1st Regular | Introduced
Bill Title: ASU; public enterprise university
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-04 - Referred to Senate ED Committee [SB1379 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2015-SB1379-Introduced.html
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REFERENCE TITLE: ASU; public enterprise university |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-second Legislature First Regular Session 2015
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SB 1379 |
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Introduced by Senator Dial
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AN ACT
amending section 15‑1601, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to the arizona board of regents.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 15-1601, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
15-1601. State universities; location; faculty powers; definition
A. The Arizona board of regents shall maintain state universities at Flagstaff in Coconino county, at Tempe in Maricopa county and at Tucson in Pima county, and the universities are respectively designated northern Arizona university, the Arizona state university, which shall be the Arizona public enterprise university, and the university of Arizona. The board shall maintain an Arizona state university campus in western Maricopa county designated as Arizona state university west campus, which shall be identified as a separate budget unit in the general appropriations act. The board shall maintain an Arizona state university campus in eastern Maricopa county designated as Arizona state university east campus, which shall be identified as a separate budget unit in the general appropriations act. The board may establish and maintain other colleges and universities subject to legislative authority. Subject to review by the joint committee on capital review, the board may establish new campuses that are separate from any location in existence on July 1, 2007. The Arizona state university campus at Tempe shall provide administrative support for the Arizona state university campuses in western Maricopa county and in eastern Maricopa county.
B. The universities shall have colleges, schools and departments and give courses of study and academic degrees as the board approves. Subject to the responsibilities and powers of the board and the university presidents, the faculty members of the universities, through their elected faculty representatives, shall share responsibility for academic and educational activities and matters related to faculty personnel. The faculty members of each university, through their elected faculty representatives, shall participate in the governance of their respective universities and shall actively participate in the development of university policy.
C. To the extent permitted by the Constitution of Arizona and notwithstanding any other law:
1. The Arizona board of regents may modify the governing structure of the Arizona state university to reestablish it as an autonomous, quasi‑public, nonprofit corporate entity.
2. The Arizona state university shall be operated as a public enterprise university.
3. The Arizona state university may establish its own personnel system and its own health insurance plan for employees of the Arizona state university.
D. For the purposes of this section, "Arizona public enterprise university" means the university that is established pursuant to the Constitution of Arizona and that:
1. Is operated as a quasi‑public entity on a nonprofit basis.
2. Pursues a mission pursuant to a charter approved by the Arizona board of regents.
3. Seeks to design, adopt and implement innovative methods of operation in pursuit of specific objectives and outcomes that are set by the Arizona board of regents for undergraduate education.
