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.
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     1 39 FRANK B. WOOD
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     1 43 HERMAN C. QUIRMBACH
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     1 46 HF 816.513 81
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