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House Bill 598 |
House Author: Blake et al. |
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Effective: 6-17-05 |
Senate Sponsor: Staples |
House Bill 598 amends the Education Code to allow the Stephen F. Austin University board of regents to charge each student at the university a recreational sports fee of up to $120 per semester or summer session of more than six weeks, or up to $60 per summer session of six weeks or less, to finance the purchase of equipment for and the construction, operation, and maintenance of recreational sports facilities and programs. The bill prohibits any fee increase of more than 10 percent from one academic year to the next without the approval by a majority vote of the students voting in an election held for that purpose, and it provides that the recreational sports fee is not counted toward the $250 cap on the total amount of all compulsory student services fees charged each student at the university.