Bill Text: OR HB3117 | 2013 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to higher education student government; declaring an emergency.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Failed) 2013-07-08 - In committee upon adjournment. [HB3117 Detail]

Download: Oregon-2013-HB3117-Introduced.html

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     77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session

NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 2896

                         House Bill 3117

Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE
  DEVELOPMENT

                             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 as
introduced.

  Requires each institution of higher education to establish
recognized student government.
  Allows student government to impose student fee on student body
member, subject to approval from institution president.
  Requires institution and student government to establish
mediation and arbitration procedures if agreement on student fees
is not reached.
  Becomes operative on January 1, 2014.
  Declares emergency, effective on passage.

                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to higher education student government; and declaring an
  emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1.  { + (1) As used in this section, 'institution of
higher education' means a public university listed in ORS
352.002, a community college as defined in ORS 341.005 or Oregon
Health and Science University.
  (2) + }  { + Each institution of higher education shall
establish a recognized student government whose representatives
are elected by the student body of each institution.
  (3) Each recognized student government shall establish, in
consultation with the administration of the applicable
institution of higher education:
  (a) An election process to select student government
representatives from among members of the student body; and
  (b) A process to develop and update bylaws and other governing
documents of the student government.
  (4) Each recognized student government shall have the right to
impose a fee on all members of the student body. Before imposing
a student fee under this subsection, a student government shall:
  (a) Create a formal process to determine the amount of the fee
to be imposed;
  (b) Create a formal process to determine how moneys collected
in student fees under this subsection will be allocated; and
  (c) Develop a timeline for when in the academic year the
student fee will be collected and allocated.
  (5) In establishing a process to determine how to allocate fees
under subsection (4) of this section, the recognized student
government shall ensure that:
  (a) Only members of the applicable student body are involved in
determining how a student fee is allocated; and
  (b) Any fee-paying member of the applicable student body is
able to make a suggestion to the student government on how the
fee will be allocated.
  (6) The recognized student government shall ensure that any
timeline developed under subsection (4) of this section conforms
to the budgetary deadlines of:
  (a) The applicable institution of higher education; and
  (b) The Legislative Assembly.
  (7) Before a decision by a recognized student government to
impose a student fee under subsection (4) of this section is
implemented, the decision shall be submitted to the president of
the applicable institution of higher education. The president
shall have the ability to either approve or veto the total dollar
amount of the student fee in its entirety. If the president and
student government are unable to reach agreement on whether a
student fee should be imposed, or on the amount of student fee to
be imposed, the dispute shall be submitted to mediation, and if
mediation is not successful, to arbitration.
  (8) Each institution of higher education, in consultation with
the recognized student government at that institution, shall
adopt rules to establish mediation and arbitration procedures for
disputes arising under this section. + }
  SECTION 2.  { + (1) Section 1 of this 2013 Act becomes
operative on January 1, 2014.
  (2) An institution of higher education, as defined in section 1
of this 2013 Act, may take any action necessary before the
operative date specified in subsection (1) of this section to
enable the institution to exercise, on and after the operative
date specified in subsection (1) of this section, all the duties,
functions and powers conferred on the institution by section 1 of
this 2013 Act. + }
  SECTION 3.  { + This 2013 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2013 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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