Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 1121	Senate Author:  Estes
Effective:  5-28-11	House Sponsor:  Lyne

            Senate Bill 1121 amends the Education Code to authorize the Board of Regents of Midwestern State University to increase the amount of the university center fee for a semester or summer session in excess of the amount otherwise limited by law if the increase is approved by a majority vote of those students participating in a general election called for that purpose.  The bill prohibits the increased amount from being charged after the fifth academic year in which the increased amount is first charged unless, before the end of that academic year, the institution has issued bonds payable from the fee, in which event the increased amount is prohibited from being charged after the academic year in which all bonds, including refunding bonds for those bonds, have been fully paid.