STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 52nd Legislature (2009)

SENATE BILL 311	By:	Leftwich

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to higher education; prohibiting increase of certain tuition and fee amounts for certain time period; providing for codification; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 3218.8b of Title 70, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, the tuition and fees which students are required to pay as a condition of enrollment at institutions within The Oklahoma State System of Higher Education pursuant to Sections 3218.8, 3218.9, and 3218.10 of Title 70 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall not be increased above the amounts authorized by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education as of September 1, 2008, until June 30, 2011.
SECTION 2.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

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