By Maxey H.B. No. 2053 75R6481 CAG-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to restrictions on the expenditures of funds for private 1-3 club memberships by an institution of higher education. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 51, Education Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 51.010 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 51.010. RESTRICTIONS ON CERTAIN PRIVATE CLUB 1-8 EXPENDITURES. (a) An institution of higher education may not use 1-9 any funds under the institution's control to: 1-10 (1) purchase a membership in a private club or pay the 1-11 dues, fees, or other charges or assessments, including initiation 1-12 fees, required for membership or a special privilege, status, or 1-13 membership classification in a private club; or 1-14 (2) reimburse an employee or officer of the 1-15 institution for the cost of membership in a private club, for the 1-16 dues, fees, or other charges or assessments, including initiation 1-17 fees, required for membership or a special privilege, status, or 1-18 membership classification in a private club, or for the cost of any 1-19 service provided to an employee or officer at a private club. 1-20 (b) In this section, "private club" means a club or 1-21 organization that provides entertainment, recreational or athletic 1-22 facilities, food or dining facilities, or similar services or 1-23 facilities to its members and guests and that is not open to the 1-24 general public. 2-1 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 2-2 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-3 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-4 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-5 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.