Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Two failed referendums to increase student transportation fees still have the possibility of being passed.
The special election held on Feb. 14 and 15, which would have increased student fees $35 each semester, failed to get the 10 percent of the student body vote necessary for it to be considered a certified election.
According to the election commission’s Web site more than five percent of the student body voted. The first referendum would have increased student fees $20. The money would have gone to KU on Wheels to buy environmentally friendly buses and the second referendum would have increased fees by $15 and would have done away with KU bus passes.
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When a committee rules a bill out of order they believe, in this specific case, that it could not be heard due to Senate rules and regulations.
-Mike Wellems, student finance committee chair
In an attempt to have the transportation bill passed in full Senate, the bill was reintroduced to Senate committees last Wednesday. A bill must pass two committees before it can be heard in full Senate.
University Affairs Committee received the bill, where it was passed.
The bill then went to the finance committee where it was ruled out of order.
“When a committee rules a bill out of order they believe, in this specific case, that it could not be heard due to Senate rules and regulations,” said Mike Wellems, student finance committee chair.
According to the regulations because less than 10 percent of the student body failed to vote then the referendum was considered defeated. A defeated motion can’t go back through Senate without revision. The possibility still exists for the bill to reach Student Senate.
The Student Senate Executive Committee, which meets before each full Student Senate meeting, has the power to appeal the finance committee’s decision on the transportation bill.
StudEx could pass it. Then it would have two committees’ approval and be heard in full Senate, said Adam Hurly, StudEx Secretary.
Andrew Payne, StudEx Chair, said the executive committee would review if the bill presented last week was the same as the previous bill that held the referendums.
If the bill is deemed different, there might be a possibility that it could be passed by the executive committee and seen tonight in full Senate or sent back to the committees for the next legislation cycle, Payne said.
Kansan staff writer Ashlee Kieler can be contacted at akieler@kansan.com.
— Edited by James Pinick
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