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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the student union fee at the University of Houston. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 54.526(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The board of regents of the University of Houston System |
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may levy a student union fee, not to exceed $150 per student for |
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each regular semester and not to exceed $75 per student for each |
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term of the summer session. The sole purpose of the fee is |
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financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, [and] improving, |
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and providing programming at a Student Union Building for the |
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University of Houston. The fees herein authorized to be levied are |
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in addition to any use or service fee now or hereafter authorized to |
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be levied. |
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SECTION 2. Section 54.526(c), Education Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. Section 54.526, Education Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies to student fees imposed for a semester or term |
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beginning before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |