H.B. 164 Enrolled

DIXIE COLLEGE NAME CHANGE
2000 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Sponsor: John W. Hickman
Lloyd W. Frandsen
Jeff Alexander
Ron Bigelow
Duane E. Bourdeaux
Judy Ann Buffmire
Fred J. Fife
James R. Gowans
David L. Hogue
Bradley T. Johnson
Keele Johnson
Evan L. Olsen
Tammy J. Rowan
Lawanna Shurtliff
Nora B. Stephens
Matt Throckmorton
Bill Wright

AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION; CHANGING THE NAME OF DIXIE
COLLEGE TO DIXIE STATE COLLEGE OF UTAH; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
AMENDS:
53B-1-102, as last amended by Chapter 63, Laws of Utah 1994
53B-2-101, as last amended by Chapter 63, Laws of Utah 1994
53B-3-102, as last amended by Chapter 63, Laws of Utah 1994
53B-8-101, as last amended by Chapters 63 and 276, Laws of Utah 1994
76-8-701, as last amended by Chapter 63, Laws of Utah 1994
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 53B-1-102 is amended to read:
53B-1-102. State system of higher education.
(1) The state system of higher education consists of the following institutions:
(a) State Board of Regents;
(b) the University of Utah;
(c) Utah State University of Agricultural and Applied Science, hereafter referred to in this
title as Utah State University;
(d) Weber State University;
(e) Southern Utah University;
(f) Snow College;

(g) Dixie State College of Utah;
(h) the College of Eastern Utah;
(i) Utah Valley State College;
(j) Salt Lake Community College; and
(k) other public post-high school educational institutions as the Legislature may designate.
(2) A change in the name of an institution within the system of higher education shall not be
considered a change in the role or mission of the institution, unless otherwise authorized by the State
Board of Regents.
(3) It is not the intent of the Legislature to increase the number of research universities in the
state beyond the University of Utah and Utah State University.
(4) These institutions are empowered to sue and be sued and to contract and be contracted
with.
Section 2. Section 53B-2-101 is amended to read:
53B-2-101. Institutions of higher education -- Corporate bodies -- Powers.
(1) The following institutions of higher education are bodies politic and corporate with
perpetual succession and with all rights, immunities, and franchises necessary to function as such:
(a) the University of Utah;
(b) Utah State University;
(c) Weber State University;
(d) Southern Utah University;
(e) Snow College;
(f) Dixie State College of Utah;
(g) the College of Eastern Utah;
(h) Utah Valley State College; and
(i) Salt Lake Community College.
(2) (a) Each institution may have and use a corporate seal and may, subject to Section
53B-20-103 , take, hold, lease, sell, and convey real and personal property as the interest of the
institution requires.

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(b) Each institution is vested with all the property, franchises, and endowments of, and is
subject to, all the contracts, obligations, and liabilities of its respective predecessor.
Section 3. Section 53B-3-102 is amended to read:
53B-3-102. "State institution of higher education" defined.
(1) As used in this chapter, "state institution of higher education" means the University of
Utah, Utah State University, Southern Utah University, Weber State University, Snow College, Dixie
State College of Utah, the College of Eastern Utah, Utah Valley State College, Salt Lake Community
College, and any other university or college which may be established and maintained by the state [of
Utah].
(2) It includes any branch or affiliated institution and any campus or facilities owned,
operated, or controlled by the governing board of the university or college.
Section 4. Section 53B-8-101 is amended to read:
53B-8-101. Waiver of tuition.
(1) The president of each institution may waive all or part of the tuition in behalf of
meritorious or impecunious resident students to an amount not exceeding 10% of the total amount
of tuition which, in the absence of the waivers, would have been collected from all Utah resident
students at the institution.
(2) (a) Each academic year the president of each of the following institutions may waive all
or part of the resident portion of the tuition in behalf of the additional number of meritorious
nonresident students set forth below who are not current recipients of the waiver:
Number of Nonresident
Institution Students
the University of Utah 190
Utah State University 165
Weber State University 135
Southern Utah University 68
Snow College 18
Dixie State College of Utah 18

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the College of Eastern Utah 18
Utah Valley State College 22
Salt Lake Community College 22
The president may continue to waive the resident portion of the tuition during the entire time
the affected meritorious nonresident student remains an undergraduate student in good standing at
the institution. The resident portion of the tuition for each nonresident student is equal to the tuition
for resident students at the institution.
(b) The president may waive the nonresident portion of tuition for a meritorious nonresident
student receiving a waiver under Subsection (2)(a) after completion of the student's first year of
full-time study at the institution.
(c) (i) In addition to the waivers authorized by Subsections (2)(a) and (b), the president may
waive all or part of the nonresident portion of tuition for a meritorious nonresident student during the
student's first year of full-time study at the institution.
(ii) The number of these nonresident waivers for each institution is limited to the percentage
of nonresident students at each institution times the nonresident student number allowed under
Subsection (2)(a).
(3) Upon recommendation of the board, the president may grant additional full or partial
tuition waivers to encourage students to enroll for instruction in occupations critical to the state for
which trained personnel are in short supply.
(4) The president may waive all or part of the difference between resident and nonresident
tuition in the case of meritorious graduate students and nonresident summer school students.
(5) The board shall submit annual budget appropriation requests for each institution which
include requests for funds sufficient in amount to equal the estimated loss of dedicated credits that
would be realized if all of the tuition waivers authorized by Subsection (2) were granted.
Section 5. Section 76-8-701 is amended to read:
76-8-701. Definitions.
For the purposes of this part:
(1) "Chief administrative officer" means the president of a private or state institution of higher

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education or the officer designated by the president or by the governing board of the institution to
administer the affairs of a campus or other facility owned by the institution or operated or controlled
by the governing board of the institution.
(2) "School" or "institution of higher education" means any private institution of higher
education or any state institution of higher education as defined in Section 53B-1-102 .
(3) "State institution of higher education" includes the University of Utah, Utah State
University, Southern Utah University, Weber State University, Snow College, Dixie State College
of Utah, the College of Eastern Utah, Utah Valley State College, Salt Lake Community College, and
any other university or college which may be established and maintained by the state [of Utah], and
includes any branch or affiliated institution and any campus or facility owned, operated, or controlled
by the governing board of the university or college.
Section 6. Effective date.
This act takes effect on July 1, 2000.

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