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DIXIE COLLEGE NAME CHANGE

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1999 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: John W. Hickman

             5      Martin R. Stephens
             6      Kevin S. Garn
             7      David Ure
             8      Greg J. Curtis
             9      Susan J. Koehn
Thomas V. Hatch
Dennis H. Iverson
Melvin R. Brown
Nora B. Stephens
Bradley T. Johnson
John E. Swallow
Margaret Dayton
Jeff Alexander


             10      AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION; CHANGING THE NAME OF DIXIE
             11      COLLEGE TO DIXIE STATE COLLEGE; PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF
             12      AT LEAST SIX BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS AT THE COLLEGE BY THE
             13      BEGINNING OF THE 2002 FALL SEMESTER; PROVIDING FOR THE TRANSFER OF
             14      UNIVERSITY CENTER MONIES FROM SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY TO THE
             15      COLLEGE; PROVIDING FOR A CONTRIBUTION FROM THE DIXIE COLLEGE
             16      FOUNDATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
             17      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             18      AMENDS:
             19          53B-1-102, as last amended by Chapter 63, Laws of Utah 1994
             20          53B-2-101, as last amended by Chapter 63, Laws of Utah 1994
             21          53B-3-102, as last amended by Chapter 63, Laws of Utah 1994
             22          53B-8-101, as last amended by Chapters 63 and 276, Laws of Utah 1994
             23          76-8-701, as last amended by Chapter 63, Laws of Utah 1994
             24      This act enacts uncodified material.
             25      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             26          Section 1. Section 53B-1-102 is amended to read:
             27           53B-1-102. State system of higher education.
             28          (1) The state system of higher education consists of the following institutions:


             29          (a) State Board of Regents;
             30          (b) University of Utah;
             31          (c) Utah State University of Agricultural and Applied Science, hereafter referred to in this
             32      title as Utah State University;
             33          (d) Weber State University;
             34          (e) Southern Utah University;
             35          (f) Snow College;
             36          (g) Dixie State College;
             37          (h) College of Eastern Utah;
             38          (i) Utah Valley State College;
             39          (j) Salt Lake Community College; and
             40          (k) other public post-high school educational institutions as the Legislature may designate.
             41          (2) A change in the name of an institution within the system of higher education shall not
             42      be considered a change in the role or mission of the institution, unless otherwise authorized by the
             43      State Board of Regents.
             44          (3) It is not the intent of the Legislature to increase the number of research universities in
             45      the state beyond the University of Utah and Utah State University.
             46          (4) These institutions are empowered to sue and be sued and to contract and be contracted
             47      with.
             48          Section 2. Section 53B-2-101 is amended to read:
             49           53B-2-101. Institutions of higher education -- Corporate bodies -- Powers.
             50          (1) The following institutions of higher education are bodies politic and corporate with
             51      perpetual succession and with all rights, immunities, and franchises necessary to function as such:
             52          (a) the University of Utah;
             53          (b) Utah State University;
             54          (c) Weber State University;
             55          (d) Southern Utah University;
             56          (e) Snow College;
             57          (f) Dixie State College;
             58          (g) the College of Eastern Utah;
             59          (h) Utah Valley State College; and


             60          (i) Salt Lake Community College.
             61          (2) (a) Each institution may have and use a corporate seal and may, subject to Section
             62      53B-20-103 , take, hold, lease, sell, and convey real and personal property as the interest of the
             63      institution requires.
             64          (b) Each institution is vested with all the property, franchises, and endowments of, and is
             65      subject to, all the contracts, obligations, and liabilities of its respective predecessor.
             66          Section 3. Section 53B-3-102 is amended to read:
             67           53B-3-102. "State institution of higher education" defined.
             68          (1) As used in this chapter, "state institution of higher education" means the University of
             69      Utah, Utah State University, Southern Utah University, Weber State University, Snow College,
             70      Dixie State College, College of Eastern Utah, Utah Valley State College, Salt Lake Community
             71      College, and any other university or college which may be established and maintained by the state
             72      of Utah.
             73          (2) It includes any branch or affiliated institution and any campus or facilities owned,
             74      operated, or controlled by the governing board of the university or college.
             75          Section 4. Section 53B-8-101 is amended to read:
             76           53B-8-101. Waiver of tuition.
             77          (1) The president of each institution may waive all or part of the tuition in behalf of
             78      meritorious or impecunious resident students to an amount not exceeding 10% of the total amount
             79      of tuition which, in the absence of the waivers, would have been collected from all Utah resident
             80      students at the institution.
             81          (2) (a) Each academic year the president of each of the following institutions may waive
             82      all or part of the resident portion of the tuition in behalf of the additional number of meritorious
             83      nonresident students set forth below who are not current recipients of the waiver:     
             84                                      Number of Nonresident
             85           Institution                        Students
             86          University of Utah                         190
             87          Utah State University                         165
             88          Weber State University                     135
             89          Southern Utah University                     68
             90          Snow College                             18


             91          Dixie State College                         18
             92          College of Eastern Utah                     18
             93          Utah Valley State College                     22
             94          Salt Lake Community College                 22
             95          The president may continue to waive the resident portion of the tuition during the entire
             96      time the affected meritorious nonresident student remains an undergraduate student in good
             97      standing at the institution. The resident portion of the tuition for each nonresident student is equal
             98      to the tuition for resident students at the institution.
             99          (b) The president may waive the nonresident portion of tuition for a meritorious
             100      nonresident student receiving a waiver under Subsection (2)(a) after completion of the student's
             101      first year of full-time study at the institution.
             102          (c) (i) In addition to the waivers authorized by Subsections (2)(a) and (b), the president
             103      may waive all or part of the nonresident portion of tuition for a meritorious nonresident student
             104      during the student's first year of full-time study at the institution.
             105          (ii) The number of these nonresident waivers for each institution is limited to the
             106      percentage of nonresident students at each institution times the nonresident student number
             107      allowed under Subsection (2)(a).
             108          (3) Upon recommendation of the board, the president may grant additional full or partial
             109      tuition waivers to encourage students to enroll for instruction in occupations critical to the state
             110      for which trained personnel are in short supply.
             111          (4) The president may waive all or part of the difference between resident and nonresident
             112      tuition in the case of meritorious graduate students and nonresident summer school students.
             113          (5) The board shall submit annual budget appropriation requests for each institution which
             114      include requests for funds sufficient in amount to equal the estimated loss of dedicated credits that
             115      would be realized if all of the tuition waivers authorized by Subsection (2) were granted.
             116          Section 5. Section 76-8-701 is amended to read:
             117           76-8-701. Definitions.
             118          For the purposes of this part:
             119          (1) "Chief administrative officer" means the president of a private or state institution of
             120      higher education or the officer designated by the president or by the governing board of the
             121      institution to administer the affairs of a campus or other facility owned by the institution or


             122      operated or controlled by the governing board of the institution.
             123          (2) "School" or "institution of higher education" means any private institution of higher
             124      education or any state institution of higher education as defined in Section 53B-1-102 .
             125          (3) "State institution of higher education" includes the University of Utah, Utah State
             126      University, Southern Utah University, Weber State University, Snow College, Dixie State College,
             127      the College of Eastern Utah, Utah Valley State College, Salt Lake Community College, and any
             128      other university or college which may be established and maintained by the state of Utah, and
             129      includes any branch or affiliated institution and any campus or facility owned, operated, or
             130      controlled by the governing board of the university or college.
             131          Section 6. Establishment of baccalaureate programs at the college -- Transfer of
             132      appropriation -- Foundation contribution.
             133          (1) The State Board of Regents, in consultation with Dixie State College's president and
             134      board of trustees, shall establish at least six baccalaureate programs at the college.
             135          (2) (a) Three of the baccalaureate programs shall be available to students at the college
             136      beginning with the 2000 fall semester, subject to receipt of the contribution anticipated under
             137      Subsection (4).
             138          (b) The additional three programs shall be available to students no later than the beginning
             139      of the 2002 fall semester.
             140          (3) (a) The budgetary appropriation traditionally made to Southern Utah University for the
             141      University Center Program at Dixie College shall be transitioned to the college for the fiscal year
             142      beginning July 1, 1999 for the continued funding of the University Center Program or to fund the
             143      baccalaureate programs or for both purposes.
             144          (b) Monies that have not been used for that program by Southern Utah University as of
             145      July 1, 1999, shall be transferred to the college as of July 1, 1999, to help fund the baccalaureate
             146      programs established under this section.
             147          (4) The Dixie College Foundation shall contribute at least $500,000 during the fiscal year
             148      beginning July 1, 1999, to help establish the baccalaureate programs referred to in Subsection (1).
             149          Section 7. Effective date.
             150          This act takes effect on July 1, 1999.





Legislative Review Note
    as of 12-2-98 9:35 AM


A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

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