Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 120 amends the Education Code to allow The University of Texas System board of regents to impose a mandatory intercollegiate athletics fee of up to $5 per semester credit hour at The University of Texas at the Permian Basin. Imposition of the fee and any fee increase from one academic year to the next must be approved by a majority of the students voting in an election held for that purpose. The bill allows the proration of the fee amount for a summer session, and it provides that the intercollegiate athletics fee does not count toward the $150 cap on compulsory student services fees that may be levied in a single semester or summer session.