LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE
75th Regular Session
April 7, 1997
TO: Honorable Irma Rangel, Chair IN RE: House Bill No. 2411
Committee on Higher Education By: Coleman
House
Austin, Texas
FROM: John Keel, Director
In response to your request for a Fiscal Note on HB2411 ( Relating
to student center fees at Texas Southern University.) this office
has detemined the following:
Biennial Net Impact to General Revenue Funds by HB2411-As Introduced
No fiscal impact to the State is anticipated.
This bill would authorize the Board of Regents of Texas Southern
University to increase the student center fee charged to students
to finance, operate, maintain and improve a student center.
The fee could not exceed $35 for each semester of the long
session and could not exceed $17.50 for each summer session.
The fee could not be increased by more than 10 percent in any
academic year without approval by a majority vote of the students
voting in a general student election called for this purpose
or a majority of the student government.
If it is approved
by the students, Texas Southern intends to charge the maximum
fee beginning in fiscal year 1998. It is estimated that the
student center fee increase would generate approximately $ 617,000
in institutional funds each year. These fees are auxiliary
in nature and do not affect the state supported educational
and general operations of the university.
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source: Agencies: 717 Texas Southern University
781 Higher Education Coordinating Board
LBB Staff: JK ,LP ,DB