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Senate Bill 596 |
Senate Author: Estes |
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Effective: 5-28-15 |
House Sponsor: Crownover |
Senate Bill 596 amends the Education Code to raise the cap on the regular, fixed student centers fee levied on students by the board of regents of Texas Woman's University. In addition, the bill provides for the temporary increase of the regular, fixed student centers fee by the board, caps the temporary increased fee at a specified amount, and makes the temporary fee increase contingent on the approval by a majority vote of the students participating in a general election called for that purpose.
Previous law required the board to keep the collected student centers fees in an account apart from the educational and general funds of the university. The bill instead requires revenue from the fees to be deposited to a fee account under the control of the university's student fee advisory committee and requires the committee to annually submit to the university president recommendations for any change to the amount of the fee and a budget for and a report regarding the student center.