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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
264
BY
JACOBY
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
providing
for
temporary
abrogation
of
authority
of
the
1
state
board
of
regents
over
regents
institutions
based
on
2
the
amount
of
appropriations
to
the
institutions
from
the
3
general
fund
of
the
state.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
262.29
Annual
board
review
of
1
general
fund
appropriations
to
institutions
——
abrogation
of
2
board
authority.
3
1.
For
purposes
of
this
section:
4
a.
“Authority”
includes
but
is
not
limited
to
authority,
5
whether
express
or
implied,
over
management,
budgets,
spending
6
of
funds,
programs
and
curriculum,
employment
matters,
public
7
relations
and
communication,
legal
or
contractual
matters,
sale
8
of
goods
or
property,
or
infrastructure.
9
b.
“Institution”
means
an
institution
specified
in
section
10
262.7,
subsections
1
through
3.
11
2.
No
later
than
August
1
of
each
fiscal
year,
the
state
12
board
of
regents
shall
complete
a
review
of
the
amount
of
funds
13
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
three
14
institutions
for
the
fiscal
year.
As
part
of
the
review,
15
the
board
shall
determine
if
the
total
amount
of
such
funds
16
equals
or
exceeds
fifty-two
percent
of
the
combined
projected
17
operating
costs
of
the
institutions
for
the
fiscal
year.
The
18
board
shall
publish
the
results
of
the
review
and
the
board’s
19
determination
on
the
board’s
internet
site
and
provide
the
20
results
and
determination
in
writing
to
the
president
of
each
21
institution
no
later
than
August
1
of
each
fiscal
year.
22
3.
a.
If
the
board
determines
that
the
total
amount
of
23
funds
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
24
three
institutions
for
the
fiscal
year
is
less
than
fifty-two
25
percent
of
the
combined
projected
operating
costs
of
the
26
institutions
for
the
fiscal
year,
the
provisions
of
paragraph
27
“b”
shall
apply
for
the
fiscal
year.
28
b.
Notwithstanding
any
provision
of
law
to
the
contrary,
29
upon
publication
of
the
results
of
the
review
and
the
30
board’s
determination
as
required
by
subsection
2,
all
31
authority
provided
by
law
or
policy
to
the
board
over
the
32
three
institutions
in
any
respect
is
fully
abrogated
for
the
33
remainder
of
the
fiscal
year.
Such
authority
with
respect
to
34
each
institution
shall
instead
be
exercised
by
that
institution
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as
though
any
applicable
law
or
policy
provided
such
authority
1
directly
to
the
institution.
The
board
shall
reassume
all
such
2
authority
on
July
1
of
the
next
fiscal
year.
3
EXPLANATION
4
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
5
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
6
This
bill
requires
the
state
board
of
regents
to
complete
7
a
review
of
the
amount
of
funds
appropriated
from
the
general
8
fund
of
the
state
to
the
university
of
Iowa,
Iowa
state
9
university,
and
the
university
of
northern
Iowa
for
each
fiscal
10
year
no
later
than
August
1
of
that
year.
The
bill
requires
the
11
board
to
determine,
as
part
of
the
review,
if
the
total
amount
12
of
such
funds
equals
or
exceeds
52
percent
of
the
combined
13
projected
operating
costs
of
the
institutions
for
the
fiscal
14
year.
The
bill
requires
the
board
to
publish
the
results
15
of
the
review
and
the
board’s
determination
on
the
board’s
16
internet
site
and
provide
the
results
and
determination
in
17
writing
to
the
president
of
each
institution
no
later
than
18
August
1
of
each
fiscal
year.
19
If
the
board
determines
that
the
total
amount
of
funds
20
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
of
the
state
to
the
21
institutions
for
the
fiscal
year
is
less
than
52
percent
of
22
the
combined
projected
operating
costs
of
the
institutions
23
for
the
fiscal
year,
the
bill
provides
that
upon
publication
24
of
the
results
of
the
review
and
the
board’s
determination,
25
all
authority
provided
by
law
or
policy
to
the
board
over
26
the
institutions
in
any
respect
is
fully
abrogated
for
the
27
remainder
of
the
fiscal
year,
notwithstanding
any
provision
28
of
law
to
the
contrary.
Such
authority
with
respect
to
each
29
institution
shall
instead
be
exercised
by
that
institution
as
30
though
any
applicable
law
or
policy
provided
such
authority
31
directly
to
the
institution.
The
board
shall
reassume
all
such
32
authority
on
July
1
of
the
next
fiscal
year.
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