Senate Amendment 3255 PAG LIN 1 1 Amend House File 816, as amended, passed, and 1 2 reprinted by the House, as follows: 1 3 #1. By striking page 17, line 28, through page 18, 1 4 line 1. 1 5 #2. Page 23, by inserting after line 7 the 1 6 following: 1 7 <f. College of veterinary medicine 1 8 For use in reducing the operating fees charged by 1 9 the veterinary diagnostic laboratory and in meeting 1 10 the deficits in current operating expenses of the 1 11 laboratory: 1 12 .................................................. $ 127,000 1 13 The Iowa state university of science and technology 1 14 shall prepare a report on the operation of the 1 15 veterinary diagnostic laboratory which shall include, 1 16 but shall not be limited to, the following 1 17 information: 1 18 (1) The current business structure of the 1 19 veterinary diagnostic laboratory, along with a 1 20 comparison to business structures of similar 1 21 laboratories at other institutions of higher learning. 1 22 (2) Recent trends in fees for services charged by 1 23 the veterinary diagnostic laboratory and by similar 1 24 laboratories at other institutions of higher learning. 1 25 (3) The use of other funding sources, including 1 26 state general fund appropriations for the veterinary 1 27 diagnostic laboratory and a comparison to funding 1 28 sources at similar laboratories at other institutions 1 29 of higher learning. 1 30 (4) Recommendations for changes in the business 1 31 structure and methods of funding for the veterinary 1 32 diagnostic laboratory. 1 33 The report shall be submitted to the governor and 1 34 the general assembly not later than October 1, 2005.> 1 35 #3. By renumbering as necessary. 1 36 1 37 1 38 1 39 FRANK B. WOOD 1 40 1 41 1 42 1 43 HERMAN C. QUIRMBACH 1 44 1 45 1 46 HF 816.513 81 1 47 kh/pj/2450 1 48 1 49 1 50 -1-