CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                        SENATE BILL 6010

 

 

                   Chapter 152, Laws of 2000

 

 

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

 

 

HIGHER EDUCATION--FEE WAIVERS

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/8/00

Passed by the Senate March 6, 2000

  YEAS 45   NAYS 0

 

 

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House March 2, 2000

  YEAS 98   NAYS 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SENATE BILL 6010 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

            TONY M. COOK

                            Secretary

 

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

 

 

Approved March 27, 2000 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.  

                                FILED          

 

 

           March 27, 2000 - 2:51 p.m.

 

 

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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                         SENATE BILL 6010

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

 

By Senators West, Jacobsen and Sheahan

 

Read first time 02/22/1999.  Referred to Committee on Higher Education.

Creating operating fees waivers not supported by state general fund appropriations. 


    AN ACT Relating to operating fee waivers; amending RCW 28B.15.066 and 28B.15.910; and adding a new section to chapter 28B.15 RCW.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 28B.15 RCW to read as follows:

    In addition to waivers granted under the authority of RCW 28B.15.910, the governing boards of the state universities, the regional universities, The Evergreen State College, and the community colleges, subject to state board policy, may waive all or a portion of the operating fees for any student.  There shall be no state general fund support for waivers granted under this section.

    By January 31st of each odd-numbered year, the institutions of higher education shall prepare a report of the costs and benefits of waivers granted under this act and shall transmit copies of their report to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the legislature.

 

    Sec. 2.  RCW 28B.15.066 and 1999 c 309 s 932 are each amended to read as follows:

    It is the intent of the legislature that:

    In making appropriations from the state's general fund to institutions of higher education, each appropriation shall conform to the following:

    (1) The appropriation shall not be reduced by the amount of operating fees revenue estimated to be collected from students enrolled at the state-funded enrollment level specified in the omnibus biennial operating appropriations act;

    (2) The appropriation shall not be reduced by the amount of operating fees revenue collected from students enrolled above the state-funded level, but within the over-enrollment limitations, specified in the omnibus biennial operating appropriations act; and

    (3) The general fund state appropriation shall not be reduced by the amount of operating fees revenue collected as a result of waiving less operating fees revenue than the amounts authorized under RCW 28B.15.910.  State general fund appropriations shall not be provided for revenue foregone as a result of or for waivers granted under ((section 601(3)(e), chapter 309, Laws of 1999)) section 1 of this act.

 

    Sec. 3.  RCW 28B.15.910 and 1999 c 344 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) For the purpose of providing state general fund support to public institutions of higher education, except for revenue waived under programs listed in subsections (3) and (4) of this section, and unless otherwise expressly provided in the omnibus state appropriations act, the total amount of operating fees revenue waived, exempted, or reduced by a state university, a regional university, The Evergreen State College, or the community colleges as a whole, shall not exceed the percentage of total gross authorized operating fees revenue in this subsection.  As used in this section, "gross authorized operating fees revenue" means the estimated gross operating fees revenue as estimated under RCW 82.33.020 or as revised by the office of financial management, before granting any waivers.  This limitation applies to all tuition waiver programs established before or after July 1, 1992.

    (a) University of Washington                        21 percent

    (b) Washington State University                     20 percent

    (c) Eastern Washington University                   11 percent

    (d) Central Washington University                    8 percent

    (e) Western Washington University                   10 percent

    (f) The Evergreen State College                      6 percent

    (g) Community colleges as a whole                   35 percent

    (2) The limitations in subsection (1) of this section apply to waivers, exemptions, or reductions in operating fees contained in the following:

    (a) RCW 28B.10.265;

    (b) RCW 28B.15.014;

    (c) RCW 28B.15.100;

    (d) RCW 28B.15.225;

    (e) RCW 28B.15.380;

    (f) RCW 28B.15.520;

    (g) RCW 28B.15.526;

    (h) RCW 28B.15.527;

    (i) RCW 28B.15.543;

    (j) RCW 28B.15.545;

    (k) RCW 28B.15.555;

    (l) RCW 28B.15.556;

    (m) RCW 28B.15.615;

    (n) RCW 28B.15.620;

    (o) RCW 28B.15.628;

    (p) RCW 28B.15.730;

    (q) RCW 28B.15.740;

    (r) RCW 28B.15.750;

    (s) RCW 28B.15.756;

    (t) RCW 28B.50.259;

    (u) RCW 28B.70.050;

    (v) RCW 28B.80.580; and

    (w) During the 1997-99 fiscal biennium, the western interstate commission for higher education undergraduate exchange program for students attending Eastern Washington University.

    (3) The limitations in subsection (1) of this section do not apply to waivers, exemptions, or reductions in services and activities fees contained in the following:

    (a) RCW 28B.15.522;

    (b) RCW 28B.15.540; and

    (c) RCW 28B.15.558.

    (4) The total amount of operating fees revenue waived, exempted, or reduced by institutions of higher education participating in the western interstate commission for higher education western undergraduate exchange program under RCW 28B.15.544 shall not exceed the percentage of total gross authorized operating fees revenue in this subsection.

    (a) Washington State University                      1 percent

    (b) Eastern Washington University                    3 percent

    (c) Central Washington University                    3 percent


    Passed the Senate March 6, 2000.

    Passed the House March 2, 2000.

Approved by the Governor March 27, 2000.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 27, 2000.