First Substitute H.B. 114

Representative Bradley T. Johnson proposes to substitute the following bill:

1 SNOW COLLEGE SOUTH
2 1998 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Bradley T. Johnson
5 Melvin R. Brown
6 Kevin S. Garn
7 Christine R. Fox-Finlinson
8 John L. Valentine
9 Michael R. Styler
10 Dennis H. Iverson
11 Nora B. Stephens
12 Greg J. Curtis
13 Susan J. Koehn
14 David Ure
15 Jack A. Seitz
16 Don E. Bush
Jordan Tanner
J. Brent Haymond
Raymond W. Short
DeMar Bud Bowman
Blake D. Chard
A. Lamont Tyler
Wayne A. Harper
Richard L. Walsh
John E. Swallow
Mary Carlson
Duane Bourdeaux
James R. Gowans
Thomas Hatch
Martin R. Stephens
Orville D. Carnahan
Jeff Alexander
Evan L. Olsen
John W. Hickman
Gerry A. Adair
Lowell A. Nelson
Keele Johnson
Joseph G. Murray
Daniel H. Tuttle
Brent H. Goodfellow

17 AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION; PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
18 OF SNOW COLLEGE SOUTH IN RICHFIELD, UTAH, AS AN INTEGRATED PART OF
19 SNOW COLLEGE; PROVIDING FOR ADMINISTRATION OF THE INSTITUTION BY
20 SNOW COLLEGE; REQUIRING THE STATE BOARD OF REGENTS TAKE
21 APPROPRIATE ACTION TO ENSURE A SUCCESSFUL TRANSITION OF THE SEVIER
22 VALLEY APPLIED TECHNOLOGY CENTER INTO SNOW COLLEGE SOUTH;
23 PROVIDING FOR THE INSTITUTION'S ROLE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
24 DATE.
25 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
26 ENACTS:
27 53B-16-205, Utah Code Annotated 1953
28 This act enacts uncodified material.

1 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
2 Section 1. Section 53B-16-205 is enacted to read:
3 53B-16-205. Establishment of Snow College South -- Supervision and administration
4 -- Transition -- Institutional mission.
5 (1) There is hereby established a higher education institution in Richfield, Utah, hereafter
6 referred to as Snow College South.
7 (2) Snow College shall administer the institution under the general control and supervision
8 of the State Board of Regents as an integrated part of Snow College's mission, programs, and
9 curriculum to include Snow College South's mission, programs, and curriculum.
10 (3) (a) In conjunction with the establishment of Snow College South, the facilities, staff,
11 and programs at the Sevier Valley Applied Technology Center in Richfield shall become a part
12 of the state system of higher education and the structure from which Snow College South shall
13 begin its operations.
14 (b) The State Board of Regents shall take the appropriate action required to assure the
15 successful transition of the applied technology center and its faculty and staff into the state system
16 of higher education, including, if necessary:
17 (i) creating and recording any conveyances needed for the transfer of property; and
18 (ii) providing procedures for assimilating the center's faculty into the rank and tenure
19 structure of Snow College.
20 (4) (a) Snow College South shall maintain a strong curriculum in applied technology and
21 technical courses of a general nature which can be transferred to other institutions within the
22 higher education system, together with lower division courses of a general nature and courses
23 required for associate degrees in science, arts, and applied science.
24 (b) The institution may confer certificates of completion and degrees as determined by the
25 State Board of Regents within the parameters referred to in Subsection (4)(a).
26 (c) The institution shall also provide for open entry-open exit programs.
27 (d) The institution may make provisions for students to take classes for which college
28 credit is not awarded, together with appropriate fees for taking such classes.
29 (e) The institution may request and receive a waiver from the State Board of Regents or
30 the president of Snow College of any board rule or institutional policy that would prevent or
31 inhibit Snow College South from achieving its performance goals, unless approval of the request

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1 would conflict with state or federal law or put the institution out of compliance with matters
2 related to health, safety, civil rights, and insurance.
3 Section 2. Funding for Snow College South.
4 (1) The budgetary appropriation traditionally made for the Sevier Valley Applied
5 Technology Center shall be transitioned to Snow College South for the fiscal year beginning July
6 1, 1998.
7 (2) For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1999, and for each fiscal year thereafter the
8 appropriation to fund Snow College South shall be a line item appropriation under higher
9 education in the Appropriations Act.
10 Section 3. Effective date.
11 This act takes effect on July 1, 1998.

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