Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Old laws

[Jonathan King <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Mike Miller wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, Michael wrote:
> 
> > If the situation were reversed and it was individuals that'd violated a
> > 130 year old law the state would still fill free to use that law to get
> > what they wanted. I don't want to see the state wiggle out of this. It
> > serves them right. It'd only be better if it could pull the funds
> > directly from the legislators own pockets.
> 
> The craziest thing about it all, I think, is that the
> legislature could have repealed the law the minute the
> University wanted to start charging tuition.

They did finally amend the law in 2001.

> The only value in the law, it seems, is to prevent the
> University from going against the wishes of the legislature.  

Actually, I think the original intent really was to prevent the
charging of tuition until such time as somebody convinced the
legislature that it would be a good idea to start doing that.  And
for all I know, they had tried to get the legisalture to act before 
and they wouldn't.  (Remember: Missouri is one of those states that
would rather give up millions in federal highway money than enact
an open container law...)

> It doesn't look like that's what happened here, but I could be
> wrong.  If I am wrong, why did it take so long for action to be
> taken?

I'm really guessing that the first per-course charges in 1986 were
low enough that nobody could be bothered.  Now that we're talking
$500 per course, it's way more meaningful.

jking

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