SB247 Alabama 2016 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Tim MelsonSenator

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2016

Title

Colleges and universities, University of North Alabama, Board of Trustees, authorized to establish and modify benefits for instructors and other officers, Sec. 16-51-6 am'd.

Summary

The bill would allow the University of North Alabama Board of Trustees to establish and modify benefits for instructors and other officers, in addition to setting salaries.

What This Bill Does

It authorizes the UNA Board to establish and adjust employee benefits for instructors and other officers. It preserves the board's power to fix salaries and may delegate personnel rules to a board committee or the university president. It also affirms broad governance powers, including setting tuition, courses, and degrees, and adds a provision about merging UNA with other higher education institutions without extra approvals (with exceptions).

Who It Affects

• Instructors and other officers at the University of North Alabama would gain the board’s authority to establish and modify their benefits.
• The University of North Alabama Board of Trustees would gain expanded authority to manage benefits, personnel rules, and, in certain circumstances, merging with other institutions (excluding Alabama A&M University and Alabama State University).

Key Provisions

• Authorizes the Board of Trustees to establish and modify benefits for instructors and other officers of the university.
• Board can fix salaries or compensation and may delegate personnel rules and practices related to hiring, promoting, demoting, and terminating to a committee or to the university president.
• Board may regulate the government's structure of the university, prescribe courses, set tuition and fees, and confer academic and honorary degrees.
• Board may enter into and implement agreements to merge UNA with other higher education institutions into a single successor institution without additional legislative or administrative approval; merger provisions do not apply to Alabama A&M University or Alabama State University.
• Effective date: becomes law on the first day of the third month after passage and governor's approval.

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 24, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

University of North Alabama