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SCS/SB 55 - This act renames Missouri Southern State College as Missouri Southern State University-Joplin.

Further, this act alters the residency requirement for persons appointed to the board of regents of the renamed Missouri Southern State University-Joplin. Currently, the Board of Regents of Missouri Southern State College must be residents of the district in which the college is located. This act states that persons appointed to the board of regents of Missouri Southern State University-Joplin be residents of Missouri and residents of the area within a 60 mile radius of the district in which the college is located.

Additionally, this act specifies that any costs incurred with respect to modifications of the names of state colleges and universities shall not be paid from state funds.

This act is similar to HB 1994 (2002) & SB 979 (2002).

DONALD THALHUBER