(HB 1279)
Establish committee to study funding formula
for the state technical institutes.
Section
1.
There is hereby established the Technical Institute Funding Task Force. The task
force shall consist of the following nineteen members:
Section
2.
The task force shall be under the supervision of the Executive Board of the
Legislative Research Council and staffed and funded as an interim legislative committee. The
Executive Board shall appoint the chair and the vice chair from among the legislators appointed
to the commission.
Section
3.
The task force shall evaluate the current system of technical institute funding and
recommend alternative financing and allocation options. Based on these recommendations, the task
force shall submit a report and draft legislation to the Executive Board of the Legislative Research
Council no later than November 1, 2007.
Section
4.
Whereas, this Act is necessary for the support of the state government and its
existing public institutions, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, and this Act shall be in full
force and effect from and after its passage and approval.