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
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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
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2-19 Name: Dr. Bobbie Hernandez x
2-20 Representing: UT San Antonio
2-21 City: San Antonio
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2-23 Name: Tom Cane x
2-24 Representing: UT San Antonio
2-25 City: San Antonio
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2-27 Name: Richard S. Reynolds x
2-28 Representing: UTSA
2-29 City: Boerne
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