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House Bill 2961 |
House Author: Coleman |
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Effective: 6-19-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Ellis |
House Bill 2961 amends the Education Code to raise the cap on the amount of the student union fee that the University of Houston System board of regents may charge students at the University of Houston from $35 to $150 per student for each regular semester and from $17.50 to $75 per student for each term of the summer session. The bill prohibits the fee from being charged after the fifth academic year in which the fee is first charged unless, before the end of that academic year, the university has issued bonds payable wholly or partly from the fee, in which event the fee may not be charged after the academic year in which all such bonds, including refunding bonds for those bonds, have been fully paid. The bill makes its provisions applicable beginning with student fees charged for the 2009-2010 academic year.