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SB545

To Amend the Law Related to the Property and Finances of State Institutions of Higher Education; to Amend the Law Related to Bonds; and to Amend the Law Regarding Rents, Tolls, Fees, and Other Charges Related to Athletic Contests.

M. Johnson · 2025 Regular Session · Notification that SB545 is now Act 564 · Act 564

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TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO THE PROPERTY AND FINANCES OF STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION; TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO BONDS; AND TO AMEND THE LAW REGARDING RENTS, TOLLS, FEES, AND OTHER CHARGES RELATED TO ATHLETIC CONTESTS.

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11 mentions · 8 meetings · 7 named speakers

Senate Convenes

April 9, 2025

Matched: “…10 by Senator Boyd Senate Bill 529 by Senator Blake Johnson Senate Bill 545 by Senator Mark Johnson Sen. 564 by Senator Flippo, compare…”

...Bryant Senate Bill 510 by Senator Boyd Senate Bill 529 by Senator Blake Johnson Senate Bill 545 by Senator Mark Johnson Sen. 564 by Senator Flippo, compared the enrolled copies with the original. Find the same correctly enrolled and deliver...
Chair (Senator Bart Hester) · 8:35 in the video

Senate Convenes

April 8, 2025

Matched: “…e Bill 505 from the house is passed. And roll it. Return of Senate Bill 545 from the house is”

.... Return of Senate Bill 498 from the house is passed. And roll it. Return of Senate Bill 503 from the house is passed. And roll it. Return of Senate Bill 505 from the house is passed. And roll it. Return of Senate Bill 545 from the house is

House Convenes

April 7, 2025 · on the agenda

Matched: “SB545 M. Johnson Dalby TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO THE PROPERTY A…”

of 56 yeas 29 nays and seven present the bill is passed mr clerk please read senate bill 545. senate
Representative Brian S. Evans · 8:01:29 in the video
Representative Dalby is closed for the bill. The question before the House is the passage of Senate Bill 545. Prepare the machine, Mr. Clerk.
Chair (Representative Brian S. Evans) · 8:02:35 in the video
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Education Committee- House

April 3, 2025 · Education Committee (House) · on the agenda

Matched: “SB545 M. Johnson TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO THE PROPERTY AND FIN…”

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Education Committee- House

April 3, 2025 · Education Committee (House) · on the agenda

Matched: “100. Uh, I am the house sponsor on Senate Bill 545 Senate Bill 545. So it's really a very simple bill. All thi…”

recognized. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Carol Dalby, District 100. I am the House sponsor on Senate Bill 545, Senate Bill 545.
Representative Carol Dalby · 1:52 in the video
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Senate Convenes

April 1, 2025 · on the agenda

Matched: “SB545 M. Johnson TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO THE PROPERTY AND FIN…”

545, Senator Mark Johnson. Senate Bill 545 by Senator Mark Johnson, to amend the law related to the property and finances of state institutions of higher education, and to amend the law related to bonds, and to amend the law regarding rents...
Senator Johnson, you're recognized. Thank you, Madam President. Colleagues, Senate Bill 545 is a bill that helps modernize the higher education bond law. This was first passed in 1947, and it allows governing bodies such as the Board of Tru...
Senator Mark Johnson · 2:57:32 in the video
And so Senate Bill 545 makes sure that all those are set in the proper procedures. These bonds are for capital assets, but software, which is kind of intangible to me, but is deemed to be a capital asset under the IRS rules on this. So this...
Senator Mark Johnson · 2:58:38 in the video
up the ballot by vote of 27 yay, 3 nay, 4 not voting, 1 present. Senate Bill 545 passes. Please transmit to the House. Senate Bill 547. Senate Bill
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Senate Convenes

March 31, 2025

Matched: “…mmend do pass. Calendar. Committee on Education who was for Senate Bill 545 by Senator Mark Johnson, recommend do pass. Calendar. Commi…”

... Senator McKee, recommend do pass. Calendar. Committee on Education who was for Senate Bill 545 by Senator Mark Johnson, recommend do pass. Calendar. Committee on Education who was for Senate Bill 547 by Senator Sullivan, recommend do pass....
Chair (Senator Steve Crowell) · 13:23 in the video

Education Committee - Senate

March 31, 2025 · Education Committee - Senate & House Meeting Jointly with Advanced Communications & Information · on the agenda

Matched: “SB545 M. Johnson TO AMEND THE LAW RELATED TO THE PROPERTY AND FIN…”

Senate Bill 545 is basically a modernization bill with our revenue bond law for higher ed. When this was first passed in 1947, we didn't have things like the cloud and software licenses and things like this. The law requires that we specifi...
Senator Mark Johnson · 2:09:14 in the video
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