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| To enact sections 3333.072 and 3345.38 of the Revised | 1 |
| Code and to amend sections 205.30, 205.39.10, and | 2 |
| 205.39.30 of Sub. H.B. 482 of the 129th General | 3 |
| Assembly to limit state university overload fees | 4 |
| and to make an appropriation. | 5 |
| Section 1. That sections 3333.072 and 3345.38 of the Revised | 6 |
| Code be enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
| Sec. 3333.072. The chancellor of the Ohio board of regents, | 8 |
| after consulting with the state colleges and universities and with | 9 |
| the office of budget and management, shall adopt rules in | 10 |
| accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code to govern the | 11 |
| allocation of state capital appropriations to state colleges and | 12 |
| universities. In drafting the rules, the chancellor shall | 13 |
| incorporate the recommendations of the final report of the | 14 |
| commission to study higher education debt service, issued June 28, | 15 |
| 1994, as these recommendations have been utilized and modified in | 16 |
| procedures developed by the chancellor and the office of budget | 17 |
| and management since the report was issued. | 18 |
| Sec. 3345.38. (A) As used in this section: | 19 |
| (1) "Credit plateau" means the maximum number of credits a | 20 |
| state university or college allows to be taken in a full course | 21 |
| load. | 22 |
| (2) "Full course load" shall be defined by the board of | 23 |
| trustees of each state university or college. | 24 |
| (3) "Overload fee" means a fee or increased tuition rate | 25 |
| charged to students who take credit hours in excess of a full | 26 |
| course load. | 27 |
| (4) "State university or college" has the same meaning as in | 28 |
| section 3345.12 of the Revised Code. | 29 |
| (5) "Tuition" means the amount a state university or college | 30 |
| charges a student to take a full course load. | 31 |
| (B) No state university or college shall charge an overload | 32 |
| fee that is greater than the quotient of the state university or | 33 |
| college's tuition divided by its credit plateau. | 34 |
| (C) No state university or college shall increase or create | 35 |
| any other fee it charges students to offset the limitation set by | 36 |
| this section on overload fees. | 37 |
| Section 2. That sections 205.30, 205.39.10, and 205.39.30 of | 38 |
| Sub. H.B. 482 of the 129th General Assembly be amended to read as | 39 |
| follows: | 40 |
| Appropriations |
| Sec. 205.30. BOARD OF REGENTS AND STATE INSTITUTIONS OF | 41 |
| HIGHER EDUCATION | 42 |
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| C23501 | Ohio Supercomputer Center | $ | 2,000,000 | 44 | |||
| C23502 | Research Facility Action and Investment Funds | $ | 3,925,000 | 45 | |||
| C23516 | Ohio Library and Information Network | $ | 9,000,000 | 46 | |||
| C23524 | Supplemental Renovations - Library Depositories | $ | 2,000,000 | 47 | |||
| C23529 | Non-credit Job Training Facilities | $ | 2,000,000 | 48 | |||
| C23530 | Technology Initiatives | $ | 3,075,000 | 49 | |||
| C23532 | Dark Fiber/OARnet | $ | 2,000,000 | 50 | |||
| C23533 | Instructional and Data Processing Equipment | $ | 7,000,000 | 51 | |||
| C23549 | Supplemental Capital Funding | $ | 31,500,000 | 52 | |||
| Total Board of Regents | $ | 53 | |||||
| SUPPLEMENTAL CAPITAL FUNDING | 54 |
| The foregoing appropriation item C23549, Supplemental Capital | 55 |
| Funding, shall be used to provide supplemental capital funding to | 56 |
| state-assisted universities, based on rules adopted pursuant to | 57 |
| section 3333.072 of the Revised Code. Funds shall be used for | 58 |
| deferred maintenance resulting from decreased overload fee | 59 |
| revenue. | 60 |
| Appropriations |
| Sec. 205.39.10. STC STARK TECHNICAL COLLEGE | 61 |
| C38918 | Energy Industry Training Center | $ | 9,000,000 | 62 | |||
| Total Stark Technical College | $ | 9,000,000 | 63 | ||||
| Total Board of Regents and | 64 | ||||||
| Institutions of Higher Education | $ | |
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| TOTAL Higher Education Improvement Fund | $ | |
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| Sec. 205.39.30. The Ohio Public Facilities Commission is | 68 |
| hereby authorized to issue and sell, in accordance with Section 2n | 69 |
| of Article VIII, Ohio Constitution, and Chapter 151. and | 70 |
| particularly sections 151.01 and 151.04 of the Revised Code, | 71 |
| original obligations in an aggregate principal amount not to | 72 |
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exceed | 73 |
| issuance of obligations heretofore authorized by prior acts of the | 74 |
| General Assembly. These authorized obligations shall be issued, | 75 |
| subject to applicable constitutional and statutory limitations, to | 76 |
| pay costs of capital facilities as defined in sections 151.01 and | 77 |
| 151.04 of the Revised Code for state-supported and state-assisted | 78 |
| institutions of higher education. | 79 |
| Section 3. That existing sections 205.30, 205.39.10, and | 80 |
| 205.39.30 of Sub. H.B. 482 of the 129th General Assembly are | 81 |
| hereby repealed. | 82 |