Source: https://www.okhighered.org/leg-info/2000/update-00-5-05.htm
Timestamp: 2018-02-19 19:59:35
Document Index: 518287636

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 6054', '§ 11', '§ 16', '§ 6591', '§ 2528', '§ 1356', '§ 640', '§ 8301', '§ 11', '§ 150', '§ 7007', '§ 3230', '§ 7', '§ 601']

Legislative Update May 5, 2000
State Budget Negotiations Continue; Subcommittees Await Funding: Negotiations continued this week between legislative leaders of the House and Senate over final decisions on the state budget. Major funding items such as a tax cut on car tags, a new health care initiative proposed by House Speaker Loyd Benson, appropriations for Higher Education, and use of tobacco settlement monies highlighted discussions.
In the House, Democrats and Republicans continued to argue about that amount of unobligated funds remaining in the state budget that could possibly be used for a car tag reduction (see related items below).
Legislative leaders have also yet to make allocations of funds to the subcommittees of the General Conference Committee on Appropriations (GCCA) that are responsible for finalizing state agency budgets. Lawmakers now have only three weeks to wrap up the state budget before the session ends on May 26.
[Correction from last week’s update: Sen. Penny Williams (D – Tulsa) should have been shown as a member of the GCCA Subcommittee on Education.]
Following are links to press releases or other articles related to this week’s budget discussions:
Ø May 1 comments by Senate President Stratton Taylor on the resolution of the car tag issue: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/senate/welcome.html (then open Senate Press Releases from the menu on the left side of the page)
Ø May 1 press release from Rep. Russ Roach (D – Tulsa) about the possibility of a state vote on the car tag issue: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/house/news1832.htm
Ø May 2 press release from Rep. Larry Ferguson (R – Cleveland) on a graduated fee proposal for the auto tag issue: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/house/news1836.htm
Ø May 2 press release from Rep. Fred Morgan (R – Oklahoma City) criticizing the Democratic car tag proposal: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/house/news1837.htm
Ø May 3; Total revenue available for appropriation as calculated by House fiscal staff: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/house/news1839.htm
Ø May 3; Total revenue available for appropriation as calculated by the House Republicans: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/house/news1838.htm
Ø May 3 press release by Rep. Bill Nations (D – Norman) about his efforts to monitor funding for higher education: http://www.lsb.state.ok.us/house/news1840.htm
Ø May 5 article in the Tulsa World on stalled state budget talks: http://www.tulsaworld.com/Default.asp?WCI=Displaystory&ID=000505_Ne_a1budge
Senate Committee to Consider Nominations Monday: On Monday, May 8, the Senate Education will meet at 1:00 p.m. in room 534-A at the Capitol to consider the four following executive nominations:
§ Cheryl Hunter, Edmond, to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, to serve a nine-year term ending May 16, 2009, succeeding Bob McCormick. (Snyder)
§ Ronald Looney, Tulsa, to the Board of Regents of the Tulsa Community College, to serve a seven-year term ending June 30, 2007, succeeding himself. (Ford)
§ Ray D. Young, Yukon, to the Board of Regents for Redlands Community College, to serve a seven year term ending April 22, 2007, succeeding Judith Thompson. (Johnson)
§ Scott Davis, Bristow, to the State Board of Vocational & Technical Education, to serve a six-year term ending April 1, 2006, succeeding Pam Sitton. (Fisher)
Education Nominees Confirmed by Full Senate This Week: The following executive nominations were confirmed this week by the full Senate (the name of the appointee’s sponsoring senator in shown in parentheses):
§ Mr. Joseph E. Cappy, Tulsa, to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, to serve an unexpired term ending May 16, 2005, succeeding Stephen Jatras. (Ford)
§ Mr. Paul D. Austin, Norman, to the Board of Regents of the University of Oklahoma, to serve a seven year term ending March 21, 2007, succeeding Don Halverstadt. (Hobson)
§ Mr. John Hester, Frederick, to the Board of Regents of Western Oklahoma State College, to serve a seven-year term ending March 24, 2007, succeeding himself. (Capps)
§ Mr. David R. Wilson, Seminole, to the Board of Regents of Seminole State College, to serve an unexpired term ending July 1, 2000, succeeding David Johnson and to serve a seven-year term ending July 1, 2007, succeeding himself. (Haney)
Additional Nominations Announced by Governor: On Thursday, the Governor announced the following executive nominations:
§ Ann Holloway, of Ardmore, to the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges, succeeding Joe Hemphill
§ Mayleen Huilburn, of Chickasha, to the Board of Regents of the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, succeeding W. F. Moon
§ David Eggenberg, of Davis, to the Board of Regents of Murray State College, succeeding Sandra Butler
§ Brent Hartin, of Marietta, to the Board of Trustees of the Ardmore Higher Education Program, succeeding Michael Brady
§ Robert Broak, of Midwest City, to the Board of Regents of Rose State College, succeeding himself
§ Dale Covington, of McAlester, to the Board of Regents of Eastern Oklahoma State College, succeeding himself
§ Edwin Vineyard, of Ponca City, to the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority, succeeding himself
§ G. Rainey Williams, Jr., of Oklahoma City, to the Medical Technology Research Authority of Oklahoma, succeeding himself
§ Physician Manpower Training Commission: Kenneth Whittington, of Oklahoma City; John Huser, of Weatherford; and Ray Stowers, of Jenks, were reappointed to terms ending June 2005
§ Oklahoma Textbook Committee: Juanita Williams of Tulsa to succeed Tamara Lilly; Emoline Ellis of Ardmore to succeed Karen Weilman; Don Klein of Newkirk to succeed Laura Dobson; Susan Davison of Guthrie to succeed Carol Cone; Gordon Taylor of Anadarko to succeed Carol Cumbie; Tim Cain of Edmond to succeed Brice Taylor.
These nominations will next be consider in a Senate committee.
Ø See item above about Senate Education Committee meeting on Monday, May 8.
SB 863 – re-creates Oklahoma Climatological Survey
HB 1130 - Administrative procedures; preemptive rules
HB 1293 - Bids, contracts; non-collusion statement
HB 2665 - Telecommunications; theft of service
Bonds, revenue, SCR 91
Status Reported as of May 4, 2000
SB 108 (Long/Gilbert) - HEALTH INSURANCE/FREEDOM OF CHOICE. Expands locations at which services and procedures covered under an accident and health insurance policy may be performed pursuant to the Health Care Freedom of Choice Act to include ambulatory surgical centers; includes such centers in types of facilities for which a provision, exclusion or limitation in an accident and health insurance policy shall be void. (36 §§ 6054, 6056, 6057)
4/25/00Senate Rejects House Amendments, Requests Conference
4/12/00In Conference Committee
4/11/00Bill Passed – House (94-2) - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/sb831_hasb.rtf
4/27/00In Conference Committee
5/01/00In Conference Committee - GCCA
4/11/00In Conference Committee
SB 1015 (Williams/Roberts) - DIPLOMA OF HONOR. Provides that a school district shall not be required to offer every course listed in core curriculum requirements, but must offer a sufficient course selection to allow a student to meet graduation requirements; provides that a school district not be responsible for tuition for concurrent courses unless the district does not offer enough course selection to meet graduation requirements; specifies graduation requirements for correspondence courses, individualized education programs, and charter schools. The amendment adds language providing for the awarding of academic credit for graduation requirements for certain vo-tech courses. (70 §§ 11-103.6, 3-136)
4/11/00Bill Amended and Passed – House (96-0) - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/sb1078_hasb.rtf
SB 1139 (Crutchfield/Staggs) - TEXTBOOKS. Amends qualifications of members of the State Textbook Committee; authorizes the Committee to insert a disclaimer into textbooks; requires that science textbooks include acknowledgment that human life was created by one God of the Universe. (70 § 16-101)
4/10/00 Signed by Governor http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/sb1176_enr.rtf
SB 1206 (Henry/Settle) - HEALTH INSURANCE. Enacts the “The HMO Reform and Accountability Act”; makes health maintenance organizations (HMOs) liable for damages for harm to an insured or enrollee proximately caused by health care treatment decisions made by its employees, agents or representatives acting on its behalf. The floor substitute enacts the “Managed Health Care Reform and Accountability Act”; applies to health insurance carriers and other managed care entities as well as HMOs; requires health care entities to exercise ordinary care when making health care treatment decisions; makes entities liable for damages for harm to an enrollee proximately caused by breach of the duty to exercise ordinary care if such failure resulted in denial, significant delay or modification of health care service recommended for or furnished to the enrollee and the enrollee suffered harm; provides for external review. (36 §§ 6591/6596; 63 § 2528.5)
SB 1216 (Morgan/Braddock) - SALES TAX/CAMPUS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS. Exempts from state sales tax sales of tangible personal property or services for use on campus construction projects for accredited public or private higher education institutions, when such projects are financed by or through use of nonprofit, tax-exempt entities. The amendment adds a section pertaining to tax exemption for nonprofit community-based literacy organizations. (68 § 1356)
4/18/00Bill Amended and Passed – House (89-11) - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00HB/sb1239_hasb.rtf
4/26/00Senate Rejects House Amendments, Requests Conference
4/13/00In Conference Committee
SB 1597 (Fisher/Boyd) – SCHOOL READINESS. Creates the “Oklahoma Partnership for School Readiness Act”; creates Board of Directors which includes the Chancellor or his designee; provides that the Partnership shall receive assistance from several state agencies including the State Regents. The floor substitute creates the “Oklahoma Smart Start Partnership Act”; creates an advisory board the membership of which does not include the Chancellor. (10 §§ 640/640.6)
5/01/00In Conference Committee
SCR 91 (Rozell/Culver) – NORTHEASTERN STATE UNIVERSITY REVENUE BONDS. Authorizes the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges to issue revenue bonds on behalf of Northeastern State University.
5/02/00Introduced - Senate
5/28/99CCR Submitted, Conferees Unable to Agree
4/27/99House Rejects Senate Amendments, Requests Conference
HB 1863 (Easley/Helton) - WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL. States legislative intent to commit to contribute at least $265,000 to the construction of the World War II memorial in Washington D.C.; permits the Department of Veteran Affairs to request contributions from the Oklahoma Historical Society, the Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department, the State Regents, the Department of Human Services, and any other appropriate state agency. The amendment adds a section pertaining to funds for the Women in Military Service to America Memorial; allows the Department of Veteran Affairs to request contributions from the State Regents. (74 §§ 8301, 8302)
4/11/00Bill Passed – Senate (40-0) - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/hb1905_sahb.rtf
4/10/00Bill and Emergency Passed – Senate (47-0) - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/hb1939_sflr.rtf
4/12/00House Rejects Senate Amendments, Requests Conference
HB 2128 (Wells/Morgan) - CERTIFICATION OF DISTINCTION/DIPLOMA OF HONOR. Authorizes local boards of education to develop and issue a certificate of distinction that is awarded to students who have met or exceeded certain criteria by the end of their senior year in high school with at least a 3.25 grade point average on a 4.0 scale; makes applicable vocational classes offered by comprehensive high school vocational-technical programs qualify for technology, science and mathematics units and allows students enrolled in the programs to use one unit of their six concentrated vocational-technical curriculum units for one unit of required mathematics and one unit of their vocational-technical units for one unit of science; prohibits colleges and universities from making holding a certificate of distinction a part of their admission standards; repeals sections pertaining to diploma of honor. (70 §§ 11-103.6c, 11-103.6d)
4/10/00Bill Passed – Senate (46-1) - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/hb2128_sahb.rtf
5/04/00Withdrawn from GCCA
4/20/00House Rejects Senate Amendments, Requests Conference
4/12/00Bill Passed – Senate (43-0) - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/hb2310_sahb.rtf
HB 2336 (Plunk/Wilkerson) – SCREENING OF VOLUNTEERS. Requires the OSBI to provide Oklahoma criminal history records to a charitable organization for the purpose of screening volunteers for that charitable organization at no cost. The committee substitute modifies provisions regarding criminal history and fingerprint records. (74 §§ 150.2, 150.9, 150.10, 150.12)
4/10/00Bill Passed – Senate (45-0) - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/hb2336_sahb.rtf
HB 2452 (Seikel/Cain) – CHILD WELFARE/FEE WAIVER. Requires the Child Welfare System Reform Review Committee to involve various entities, including higher education, in the establishment of a professional foster parent curriculum for use in a community college or vo-tech setting; provides for a higher education or vo-tech fee-waiver for certain individuals who have been in custody of the Department of Human Services for a certain amount of time and who meet certain requirements. (10 § 7007-1, 70 § 3230)
5/03/00In Conference Committee - GCCA
HB 2493 (Gilbert/Herbert) - ART IN PUBLIC PLACES. Creates the “State of Oklahoma: Art In Public Places Act" for the purpose of enhancing public construction and encouraging state cultural development; creates the Art in Public Places Division within the Department of Central Services; creates an Art in Public Places Oversight Committee; requires site committees; requires state agencies, including State System institutions, to allocate a certain amount of capital project expenditures to fund the program. (61 §§ 7.1/7.8)
4/11/00Bill Discussed and Laid Over – Senate
4/17/00Bill Amended and Passed – Senate (40-3) - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/hb2529_sahb.rtf
HB 2533 (Boyd/Fisher) – CHILDREN AND YOUTH SERVICES. Repeals the section creating the Oklahoma Planning and Coordinating Council for Services to Children and Youth which includes the “State Board of Regents for Higher Education” as members of the Council. (10 § 601.7)
4/12/00Bill Passed – Senate (41-0) - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/hb2676_sahb.rtf
4/12/00Held on Notice to Reconsider
4/18/00Motion to Reconsider – Time Expired; Released to House
4/10/00Bill Amended and Passed – Senate (30-13); Emergency Failed (30-13) - http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/1999-00SB/hb2728_sahb.rtf