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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1358
Author: Fong (D)
Amended: 7/11/13 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 7-2, 7/3/13
AYES: Liu, Block, Correa, Hancock, Hueso, Monning, Torres
NOES: Wyland, Huff
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 4-1, 8/12/13
AYES: De Le�n, Hill, Lara, Steinberg
NOES: Gaines
NO VOTE RECORDED: Walters, Padilla
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 46-25, 5/23/13 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Student body association: student representation
fee
SOURCE : Student Senate for California Community Colleges
DIGEST : This bill increases the current California Community
College (CCC) student representation fee (SRF) from $1 to $2 per
semester, subject to an affirmative majority vote (rather than
2/3) of a CCC's students and directs the additional $1 fee
increase to be expended on the establishment and support the
operations of a statewide CCC student organization, as
specified.
ANALYSIS : Existing law permits the Board of Governors (BOG)
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of a CCC district to authorize the students of a college to
organize a student body association (SBA).
Existing law provides that a SBA may order an election be held
for the purpose of establishing a SRF of $1 per semester. An
affirmative vote of 2/3 of the students voting in the election
shall be sufficient to establish the fee. However, the number
of students who vote must equal or exceed the average number of
students who voted in the previous three student body elections.
The fee money collected shall be expended to provide support of
governmental affairs representatives who may be stating their
positions and viewpoints before city, county, and district
governments and before offices and agencies of state government.
Students may refuse to pay the fee for religious, political,
financial, or moral reasons. The chief fiscal officer of the
CCC shall have custody of the fee money collected, but the funds
shall be disbursed to the SBA for the specified purposes.
Finally, the CCC district may retain a portion of the fees
collected that is equal to the actual cost of administering
these fees up to, but not more than, 7%.
This bill increases the current CCC SRF from $1 to $2 per
semester, subject to an affirmative majority vote (rather than
2/3) of a CCC's students and directs the additional $1 fee
increase to be expended on the establishment and support the
operations of a statewide CCC student organization, as
specified. Specifically, this bill:
1. Clarifies that current and prospective SRF revenue may be
expended on local or statewide SBAs.
2. Authorizes a SBA to call campus-wide elections to determine
whether to assess a SRF of $2 per semester.
3. Reduces the affirmative vote from 2/3 to a majority of the
students voting in the election, as specified, to establish
the SRF.
4. Specifies that $1 of every $2 fee collected shall be
expended to establish and support the operations of an
independent statewide CCC student organization that is
recognized by the BOG of the CCCs, with governmental affairs
representatives to advocate before the Legislature and other
state and local governmental entities. Specifies this
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provision only applies to SRFs adopted on or after January 1,
2014.
5. States that any CCC SBA that has adopted a SRF before
January 1, 2014 retains authority to continue to receive the
$1 fee as authorized prior to enactment of this bill. The
SBA may conduct an election to adopt a revised SRF - if the
students pass the revised SRF, then $1 of every $2 collected
shall be expended for purposes, as specified.
6. Specifies requirements for the statewide community college
student organization, if formed, including that it: (a) is
established as a legal entity registered with the Secretary
of State; (b) demonstrates compliance with all applicable
state and federal laws and reporting requirements; (c)
exercises prudent fiscal management by establishing generally
accepted accounting controls and procedures; (d) completes an
annual independent financial audit, the results of which
shall be annually provided to the BOG for review; (e) opens
its meetings to the public and complies with the requirements
of the Public Records Act.
7. Requires the CCC district to annually prepare a summary of
all revenue collected from the SRF and the expenditures of
the proceeds. The summary shall be presented at the CCC
district board meeting each year and posted to the CCC
district Internet Web site.
8. Permits a CCC district to retain a portion of the fees
collected that is equal to the actual cost of administering
these fees up to, but not more than, 7%.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Revenue . Potentially significant additional revenue, to the
extent that the student representation fee is increased on
various community college campuses. That revenue would be
primarily earmarked to fund the statewide student
organization.
Administrative fees . This bill allows the CCC Chancellor's
Office (CCCCO) to reimburse itself for any administrative
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expenses from the fee revenue. It further allows a CCC
district which collects the increased fee to reimburse itself
for the actual costs of fee administration, up to 7% of the
fee, which the CCCCO has opined will be sufficient to cover
its costs (and is above the current allowable rate for the
existing fee it collects).
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/14/13)
Student Senate for California Community Colleges (source)
Associated Students of Coast College
Associated Students of El Camino College
Associated Students of Los Angeles Trade Technical College
Associated Students of Modesto Junior College
Associated Students of Napa Valley College
Associated Students of Pasadena City College
California Community College Association of Student Trustees
California Federation of Teachers
California School Employees Association
California State Student Association
California Teachers Association
Coast Community College District Student Council
Faculty Association of California Community Colleges
Los Angeles Trade Technical Colleges
San Jose City College Student Senate
San Jose/Evergreen Valley College
Santa Rosa Junior College Associated Students
Student Senate for California Community Colleges Regions 4 and 7
Student Trustee of Napa Valley College
University of California Student Association
OPPOSITION : (Verified 8/14/13)
Community College League of California
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 46-25, 5/23/13
AYES: Alejo, Ammiano, Atkins, Bloom, Blumenfield, Bocanegra,
Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon,
Campos, Chau, Chesbro, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Frazier,
Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gordon, Gray, Hall, Roger Hern�ndez,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Lowenthal, Medina, Mitchell, Mullin,
Nazarian, Pan, Perea, Quirk, Rendon, Skinner, Stone, Ting,
Weber, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NOES: Achadjian, Allen, Bigelow, Ch�vez, Conway, Cooley, Dahle,
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Donnelly, Beth Gaines, Gorell, Hagman, Harkey, Linder, Logue,
Maienschein, Mansoor, Melendez, Morrell, Nestande, Olsen,
Patterson, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk-Silva, Wagner, Wilk
NO VOTE RECORDED: Fox, Grove, Holden, Jones, Muratsuchi, Salas,
Waldron, Vacancy, Vacancy
PQ:k 8/14/13 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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