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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 86(R)

House Bill 1277

House Author:  Perez

Effective:  6-14-19

Senate Sponsor:  Miles


            House Bill 1277 amends the Education Code to authorize the board of regents of the University of Houston System to charge each student enrolled at the University of Houston‑Downtown a wellness and success center fee. The bill restricts the uses of the fee to financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, improving, and equipping such a center and operating student wellness programs at the university. The bill makes the fee contingent on approval by a majority vote of the university's students in a general student election held for that purpose and provides for a cap on the fee, subject to prescribed procedures for approving an increase.