House Study Bill 503
HOUSE FILE
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
EDUCATION BILL BY
CHAIRPERSON WENDT)
Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to appointments to the college student aid
2 commission and including an effective date and applicability
3 provision.
4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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PAG LIN
1 1 Section 1. Section 261.1, subsections 3 and 4, Code 2007,
1 2 are amended to read as follows:
1 3 3. a. A member Two members of the senate, one to be
1 4 appointed by the president of the senate, after consultation
1 5 with the majority leader and one to be appointed by the
1 6 minority leader of the senate, to serve as an ex officio,
1 7 nonvoting member for a term of four years beginning on July 1
1 8 of the year of appointment members.
1 9 b. A member Two members of the house of representatives,
1 10 one to be appointed by the speaker of the house of
1 11 representatives and one to be appointed by the minority leader
1 12 of the house of representatives, to serve as an ex officio,
1 13 nonvoting member for a term of four years beginning on July 1
1 14 of the year of appointment members.
1 15 c. The members of the senate and house of representatives
1 16 shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing legislator for a
1 17 term beginning upon the convening of the general assembly and
1 18 expiring upon the convening of the following general assembly,
1 19 or when the appointee's successor is appointed, whichever
1 20 occurs later.
1 21 Sec. 2. Section 261.1, subsection 5, unnumbered paragraph
1 22 1, Code 2007, is amended to read as follows:
1 23 Eight additional members to be appointed by the governor.
1 24 One of the members shall be selected to represent private
1 25 colleges, private and universities and private junior colleges
1 26 located in the state of Iowa. When appointing this member,
1 27 the governor shall give careful consideration to any person or
1 28 persons nominated or recommended by any organization or
1 29 association of some or all private colleges, private and
1 30 universities and private junior colleges located in the state
1 31 of Iowa. One of the members shall be selected to represent
1 32 community colleges located in the state of Iowa. When
1 33 appointing this member, the governor shall give careful
1 34 consideration to any person or persons nominated or
1 35 recommended by any organization or association of Iowa
2 1 community colleges. One member shall be enrolled as a student
2 2 at a board of regents institution, community college, or
2 3 accredited private institution. One member shall be a
2 4 representative of a lending institution located in this state.
2 5 One member shall be a representative of the Iowa student loan
2 6 liquidity corporation an individual who is repaying or has
2 7 repaid a student loan guaranteed by the commission. The other
2 8 three members, none of whom shall be official board members or
2 9 trustees of an institution of higher learning or of an
2 10 association of institutions of higher learning, shall be
2 11 selected to represent the general public.
2 12 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE AND APPLICABILITY DATE.
2 13 1. This Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes
2 14 effect upon enactment.
2 15 2. The Act applies to members of the general assembly
2 16 appointed to the college student aid commission before, on, or
2 17 after the effective date of this Act.
2 18 3. The membership of the person who is the Iowa student
2 19 loan liquidity corporation representative on the college
2 20 student aid commission is terminated on the effective date of
2 21 this Act. The term of the initial appointment of the
2 22 individual who is repaying or repaid a student loan guaranteed
2 23 by the commission shall expire on the date the term of the
2 24 Iowa student loan liquidity corporation representative would
2 25 have ended but for enactment of this Act.
2 26 EXPLANATION
2 27 This bill relates to appointments to the college student
2 28 aid commission under Code section 261.1.
2 29 Current law provides for appointment of one member of the
2 30 senate who is appointed by the president of the senate after
2 31 consultation with the senate majority leader and minority
2 32 leader and for appointment of one member of the house of
2 33 representatives to be appointed by the speaker of the house of
2 34 representatives. Current law provides for the legislative
2 35 members to serve four-year terms beginning on July 1 of the
3 1 year of appointment.
3 2 The bill increases the legislative members by one
3 3 additional member from each chamber, specifying that the
3 4 appointments are made by the current appointing authority and
3 5 adding appointments by the minority leader of each chamber.
3 6 The senate consultation requirement is deleted. The bill
3 7 provides that the legislative appointees serve at the pleasure
3 8 of the appointing legislator for terms beginning upon the
3 9 convening of the general assembly and expiring upon the
3 10 convening of the following general assembly or when the
3 11 appointee's successor is appointed, whichever is later.
3 12 The bill takes effect upon enactment and applies to both
3 13 the current and future appointments of members of the general
3 14 assembly to the college student aid commission. The bill also
3 15 replaces a membership slot designated for a representative of
3 16 the Iowa student loan liquidity corporation with a slot for a
3 17 person who is repaying or has repaid a student loan guaranteed
3 18 by the commission. The bill provides that the initial term of
3 19 the replacement member ends on the date the term of the
3 20 corporation representative would have ended if the bill had
3 21 not been enacted.
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