H.B. No. 0131

Community colleges-statewide levy.

Sponsored By: Representative(s) Jorgensen, Cohee, Hales, Illoway and Teeters

AN ACT relating to community colleges; enumerating territory comprising districts commensurate with existing college service areas; imposing a statewide mill levy for credit to the state general fund and eliminating the mandatory district four mill levy; continuously appropriating equal general fund amounts to the community college commission for the regular support and operation of community colleges; accordingly modifying community college commission membership; eliminating district annexation and formation provisions and requiring district election subdistricts; providing for equitable allocation of assets and debt of existing districts; prescribing transition and timelines for enlarged board and accordingly specifying taxing authority; prescribing transition for commission membership; and providing for effective dates.

2/10/2010 Bill Number Assigned

2/10/2010 H Received for Introduction

2/12/2010 H Failed Introduction

ROLL CALL

Ayes: Representative(s) Anderson, R., Bagby, Barbuto, Berger, Blake, Buchanan, Byrd, Carson, Childers, Cohee, Connolly, Craft, Diercks, Esquibel, K., Gilmore, Goggles, Hales, Hammons, Harshman, Illoway, Jorgensen, Kimble, Landon, Lockhart, Madden, Miller, Millin, Peasley, Roscoe, Semlek, Shepperson, Steward, Stubson, Teeters, Thompson, Throne, Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.

Nays: Representative(s) Blikre, Bonner, Brechtel, Brown, Cannady, Davison, Edmonds, Gingery, Harvey, Jaggi, Lubnau, McKim, McOmie, Moniz, Patton, Pedersen, Petersen, Quarberg, Simpson and Wallis

Excused: Representative(s) Hallinan and Philp

Ayes 38 Nays 20 Excused 2 Absent 0 Conflicts 0