1-1 By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 832 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 1993; March 15, 1993, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Education; March 24, 1993, 1-4 reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; 1-5 March 24, 1993, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE 1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent 1-8 Ratliff x 1-9 Haley x 1-10 Barrientos x 1-11 Bivins x 1-12 Harris of Tarrant x 1-13 Luna x 1-14 Montford x 1-15 Shapiro x 1-16 Sibley x 1-17 Turner x 1-18 Zaffirini x 1-19 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-20 AN ACT 1-21 relating to a recreational facility fee at The University of Texas 1-22 at San Antonio. 1-23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-24 SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 54, Education Code, is 1-25 amended by adding Section 54.541 to read as follows: 1-26 Sec. 54.541. RECREATIONAL FACILITY FEE; THE UNIVERSITY OF 1-27 TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO. (a) The board of regents of The University 1-28 of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University 1-29 of Texas at San Antonio a recreational facility fee not to exceed 1-30 $30 for each semester of the regular term or summer session to 1-31 finance, construct, operate, maintain, or improve student 1-32 recreational facilities at the university. 1-33 (b) The board of regents may pledge the fees charged under 1-34 this section to pay obligations issued pursuant to the revenue 1-35 financing system of The University of Texas System. 1-36 (c) The recreational facility fee may not be charged unless 1-37 the charging of the fee is approved by a majority vote of those 1-38 students participating in a general student election called for 1-39 that purpose. 1-40 (d) If approved in accordance with this section, the board 1-41 of regents shall collect the recreational facility fees and deposit 1-42 the fees in an account known as the recreational facility account. 1-43 (e) A recreational facility fee charged under this section 1-44 may not be counted in determining the maximum amount of student 1-45 services fees that may be charged under Section 54.503(b) of this 1-46 code. 1-47 (f) The board of regents may permit a person who is not 1-48 enrolled at The University of Texas at San Antonio to use a 1-49 facility financed with recreational facility fees if: 1-50 (1) the person's use of the facility will not 1-51 materially interfere with student demand or use; 1-52 (2) the person is charged a fee that is not less than 1-53 the student fee and that is not less than the direct and indirect 1-54 cost to the university of providing for the person's use; and 1-55 (3) the person's use will not materially increase the 1-56 potential liability of the university. 1-57 SECTION 2. Section 54.541, Education Code, as added by this 1-58 Act, applies beginning with the fall semester in 1993. 1-59 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-60 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-61 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-62 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-63 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-64 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-65 passage, and it is so enacted. 1-66 * * * * * 1-67 Austin, 1-68 Texas 2-1 March 24, 1993 2-2 Hon. Bob Bullock 2-3 President of the Senate 2-4 Sir: 2-5 We, your Committee on Education to which was referred S.B. No. 832, 2-6 have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to 2-7 report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do 2-8 pass and be printed. 2-9 Ratliff, 2-10 Chairman 2-11 * * * * * 2-12 WITNESSES 2-13 FOR AGAINST ON 2-14 ___________________________________________________________________ 2-15 Name: Mack C. Adams x 2-16 Representing: Coord Board 2-17 City: Austin 2-18 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-19 Name: Dr. Bobbie Hernandez x 2-20 Representing: UT San Antonio 2-21 City: San Antonio 2-22 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-23 Name: Tom Cane x 2-24 Representing: UT San Antonio 2-25 City: San Antonio 2-26 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-27 Name: Richard S. Reynolds x 2-28 Representing: UTSA 2-29 City: Boerne 2-30 -------------------------------------------------------------------