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House Floor Amendments 2-27-2007 dd/dsl This document includes Senate Committee Amendments incorporated into the bill on Wed, Jan 17, 2007 at 10:18 AM by rday. --> This document includes House Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Wed, Feb 28, 2007 at 10:01 AM by ddonat. --> 1

HIGHER EDUCATION ENHANCEMENTS
2 2007 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Chief Sponsor: John W. Hickman
5 House Sponsor: David Clark
6
7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill exempts appropriations made to institutions within the State System of Higher
10 Education from the state appropriations limit and appropriates monies to certain
11 institutions within the State System of Higher Education.
12 Highlighted Provisions:
13 This bill:
14 H. [ . exempts appropriations made to institutions within the State System of Higher
15 Education from the state appropriations limit; and ] .H
16 . appropriates, with the approval of the State Board of Regents, monies to the
17 University of Utah, Utah State University, Weber State University, Southern Utah
18 University, Snow College, Dixie State College of Utah, the College of Eastern Utah,
19 H. [ Utah Valley State College, ] .H and Salt Lake Community College to:
20 . expand current degree programs;
21 . establish new degree programs; or
22 . hire additional personnel.
23 Monies Appropriated in this Bill:
24 This bill appropriates:
25 . as an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints, H. [ $10,500,000 ]
25a $7,500,000 .H from
26 the H. [ General ] Education .H Fund for fiscal year 2007-08 to certain institutions within
26a the State
27 System of Higher Education.

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Other Special Clauses:
29 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2007.
30 Utah Code Sections Affected:
31 AMENDS:
32 63-38c-103, as last amended by Chapter 1, Laws of Utah 2005, First Special Session
33
34 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
35 Section 1. Section 63-38c-103 is amended to read:
36 63-38c-103. Definitions.
37 As used in this chapter:
38 (1) (a) "Appropriations" means actual unrestricted capital and operating appropriations
39 from unrestricted General Fund sources and from non-Uniform School Fund income tax
40 revenues as presented in the governor's executive budgets.
41 (b) "Appropriation" includes appropriations that are contingent upon available
42 surpluses in the General Fund.
43 (c) "Appropriations" does not mean:
44 (i) debt service expenditures;
45 (ii) emergency expenditures;
46 (iii) expenditures from all other fund or subfund sources presented in the executive
47 budgets;
48 (iv) transfers into, or appropriations made to, the General Fund Budget Reserve
49 Account established in Section 63-38-2.5 ;
50 (v) transfers into, or appropriations made to, the Education Budget Reserve Account
51 established in Section 63-38-2.6 ;
52 (vi) monies appropriated to fund the total one-time project costs for the construction of
53 capital developments as defined in Section 63A-5-104 ;
54 (vii) appropriations made to the Centennial Highway Fund Restricted Account created
55 by Section 72-2-118 ; H. [ [ ] or [ ] ] .H
56 (viii) appropriations made to the Transportation Investment Fund of 2005 created by
57 Section 72-2-124 H. [ [ ] . [ ] ] [ ; or ]
58 [ (ix) appropriations made to institutions within the State System of Higher Education. ] .H

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- 3 - 59 (2) "Base year real per capita appropriations" means the result obtained for the state by
60 dividing the fiscal year 1985 actual appropriations of the state less debt monies by:
61 (a) the state's July 1, 1983 population; and
62 (b) the fiscal year 1983 inflation index divided by 100.
63 (3) "Calendar year" means the time period beginning on January 1 of any given year
64 and ending on December 31 of the same year.
65 (4) "Fiscal emergency" means an extraordinary occurrence requiring immediate
66 expenditures and includes the settlement under Chapter 4, Laws of Utah 1988, Fourth Special
67 Session.
68 (5) "Fiscal year" means the time period beginning on July 1 of any given year and
69 ending on June 30 of the subsequent year.
70 (6) "Fiscal year 1985 actual base year appropriations" means fiscal year 1985 actual
71 capital and operations appropriations from General Fund and non-Uniform School Fund
72 income tax revenue sources, less debt monies.
73 (7) "Inflation index" means the change in the general price level of goods and services
74 as measured by the Gross National Product Implicit Price Deflator of the Bureau of Economic
75 Analysis, U.S. Department of Commerce calculated as provided in Section 63-38c-202 .
76 (8) (a) "Maximum allowable appropriations limit" means the appropriations that could
77 be, or could have been, spent in any given year under the limitations of this chapter.
78 (b) "Maximum allowable appropriations limit" does not mean actual appropriations
79 spent or actual expenditures.
80 (9) "Most recent fiscal year's inflation index" means the fiscal year inflation index two
81 fiscal years previous to the fiscal year for which the maximum allowable inflation and
82 population appropriations limit is being computed under this chapter.
83 (10) "Most recent fiscal year's population" means the fiscal year population two fiscal
84 years previous to the fiscal year for which the maximum allowable inflation and population
85 appropriations limit is being computed under this chapter.
86 (11) "Population" means the number of residents of the state as of July 1 of each year
87 as calculated by the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget according to the procedures and
88 requirements of Section 63-38c-202 .
89 (12) "Revenues" means the revenues of the state from every tax, penalty, receipt, and

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other monetary exaction and interest connected with it that are recorded as unrestricted revenue
91 of the General Fund and from non-Uniform School Fund income tax revenues, except as
92 specifically exempted by this chapter.
93 (13) "Security" means any bond, note, warrant, or other evidence of indebtedness,
94 whether or not the bond, note, warrant, or other evidence of indebtedness is or constitutes an
95 "indebtedness" within the meaning of any provision of the constitution or laws of this state.
96 Section 2. Appropriation.
97 As an ongoing appropriation subject to future budget constraints and the approval of the
98 State Board of Regents in accordance with the provisions of Section 53B-16-102 , there is
99 appropriated from the H. [ General ] Education .H Fund for fiscal year 2007-08,
99a H. [ $10,500,000 ] $7,500,000 .H to the following
100 institutions within the State System of Higher Education to expand current degree programs,
101 establish new degree programs, or hire additional personnel:
102 (1) to the University of Utah $1,000,000 as follows:
103 (a) $300,000 for digital media, including communications, film, digital design, and
104 computer animation;
105 (b) S. [ $350,000 ] $450,000 .S for science and mathematics, including molecular biology,
105a chemistry, and
106 beginning mathematics; S. and .S
107 (c) S. [ $150,000 ] $250,000 .S for advising and student support; S. [ and
108 (d) $200,000 for pharmacy, including expanding the number of pharmacy residencies; ] .S
109 (2) to Utah State University $1,000,000 S. [ as follows: ] to be used H. [ at the regional
109a1 campuses
109a located in Brigham City, the Uintah Basin, and Tooele ] .H to support degree programs focused on
109b1 local
109b community needs H. [ , including business, mathematics, natural resources, and teacher
109c education ] .H ;
110 [ (a) $350,000 for Brigham City Campus faculty in history, English, and mathematics;
111 (b) $325,000 for Uintah Basin Campus faculty in business and elementary education;
112 and
113 (c) $325,000 for Tooele Campus faculty in early childhood, elementary, and secondary
114 education; ] .S
115 (3) to Weber State University $1,000,000 as follows:
116 (a) $375,000 for manufacturing, including composites and plastics;
117 (b) $300,000 for health professions; and
118 (c) $325,000 for Weber State University online and online degrees, including direct
119 instructional costs and infrastructure;

120 (4) to Southern Utah University $1,000,000 as follows:
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122 (i) $100,000 for masters of fine arts and for musical theater;
123 (ii) $100,000 for hospitality and resort management; and
124 (iii) $100,000 for outdoor recreation and parks management;
125 (b) $400,000 for graduate studies, including administrative infrastructure for graduate
126 offerings;
127 (c) $100,000 for operational support for growing academic and nonacademic service
128 responsibilities;
129 (d) $75,000 for regional service activities;
130 (e) $75,000 for residential campus experiences; and
131 (f) $50,000 for a Center for Applied Forensic Science;
132 (5) to Snow College $500,000 as follows:
133 (a) $200,000 for science and arts faculty to reduce "bottleneck" course offerings;
134 (b) $100,000 for student retention, including mentoring, advising, and orientation;
135 (c) $150,000 for distance and technology enhanced education; and
136 (d) $50,000 for work-to-learn student employment and learning;
137 (6) to Dixie State College of Utah $1,500,000 as follows:
138 (a) $340,000 for secondary licensure;
139 (b) $125,000 for dental hygiene;
140 (c) $250,000 for respiratory therapy;
141 (d) $250,000 for fine arts -- music;
142 (e) $250,000 for fine arts -- theater;
143 (f) $180,000 for health care management; and
144 (g) $105,000 for aviation management;
145 (7) to the College of Eastern Utah $500,000 as follows:
146 (a) $60,000 for a senior accountant;
147 (b) $65,000 for a Dean of Students;
148 (c) $50,000 for an archeology collections curator and a paleontological collections
149 curator;
150 (d) $35,000 for a police officer;
151 (e) $100,000 for energy workforce preparation;

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(f) $50,000 for San Juan Campus early childhood development; and
153 (g) $100,000 for education coordinators at reservation outreach sites; H. and
154 [ (8) to Utah Valley State College $3,000,000 as follows:
155 (a) $1,500,000 for undergraduate education, including aligning adjunct ratios and
156 faculty workload;
157 (b) $700,000 for advising and student support services; and
158 (c) $800,000 for new undergraduate programs; and
159 (9) ] (8) .H to Salt Lake Community College $1,000,000 as follows:
160 (a) $400,000 for student retention, including learning enhancement, advising, and
161 persistence;
162 (b) $200,000 for learning effectiveness, including classroom research and learning
163 assessment; and
164 (c) $400,000 for health sciences.
165 Section 3. Effective date.
166 This bill takes effect on July 1, 2007.

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