BILL NUMBER: SB 960	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  FEBRUARY 27, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Rubio

                        JANUARY 10, 2012

   An act to add Section 89711 to the Education Code, relating to the
California State University.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 960, as amended, Rubio. California State University:
campus-based mandatory fees.
   Existing law establishes the California State University, under
the administration of the Trustees of the California State
University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education
in the state. Existing law authorizes the trustees by rule to require
all persons to pay fees, rents, deposits, and charges for services,
facilities, or materials provided by the trustees to  such
  those  persons.
   This bill would prohibit specified California State University
campus-based mandatory fees from being established, adjusted, or
reallocated without  consideration by the applicable campus
fee advisory committee and a vote of the student body  
an affirmative vote of either the student body or a campus fee
advisory committee that meets specified criteria  . The bill
would also prohibit  a rule, order, or other action of  the
California State University  or its campuses, including, but not
limited to, the university's  Mandatory Catalog  , 
from providing authority to campus presidents  , or any other
person,  to use alternative consultation mechanisms to
establish, adjust, or reallocate those campus-based mandatory fees
without  consideration by the applicable campus fee advisory
committee and a vote of the student body   an af 
 firmative vote of either the student body or a campus fee
advisory committee that meets specified criteria  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 89711 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   89711.  (a) California State University campus-based mandatory
fees that are not specifically authorized by statute shall not be
established without  consideration by the applicable campus
fee advisory committee and a vote of the student body  
an affirmative vote of either the student body or a campus fee
advisory committee that meets the criteria specified in subdivision
(d)  .
   (b) California State University campus-based mandatory fees
 that are  established through a vote of the student
body, but not specifically authorized by statute, shall not be
adjusted or reallocated without  consideration by the
applicable campus fee advisory committee and a vote of the student
body   an affirmative vote of either the student body or
a campus fee advisory committee that meets the criteria specified in
subdivision (d)  .
   (c)  The   A rule, order, or other action of
the  California State University  or its campuses,
including, but not limited to, the university's  Mandatory
Catalog  ,  shall not provide authority to campus presidents
 , or any other person,  to use alternative consultation
mechanisms to establish, adjust, or reallocate the campus-based
mandatory fees referenced in subdivisions (a) and (b) without
 consideration by the applicable campus fee advisory
committee and a vote of the student body   an
affirmative vote of either the student body or a campus fee advisory
committee that meets the criteria specified in subdivision (d) 
. 
   (d) The majority of the membership of a campus fee advisory
committee that votes to establish, adjust, or reallocate a
campus-based mandatory fee pursuant to this section shall be
comprised of student members elected by the student body who may hold
other offices. The campus fee advisory committee may include
nonstudent members who are appointed or elected as authorized.