Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 2181 amends the Education Code to allow the University of Houston System board of regents to charge students at the University of Houston a recreational and wellness facility fee, not to exceed $75 per student per regular semester or summer session, to finance construction, operation, maintenance, and improvement of recreational facilities at the university. The act makes imposition of the fee and any increase of more than 10 percent in an academic year subject to approval by a majority of the students voting in an election held for that purpose.

The act also allows the board of regents to prorate the fee amount for a summer session and make recreational facilities financed with the revenue from this fee available to nonstudents under certain conditions.

House Bill 2181 applies to fees imposed beginning with the 1999 fall semester.