By West                                                H.B. No. 120
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to student intercollegiate athletic fees at The University
 1-3     of Texas of the Permian Basin.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 54, Education Code, is
 1-6     amended by adding Section 54.5331 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 54.5331.  INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC FEE; THE UNIVERSITY
 1-8     OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN.  (a)  The board of regents of The
 1-9     University of Texas System may impose a mandatory intercollegiate
1-10     athletics fee at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin if
1-11     the fee is approved by a majority vote of the students
1-12     participating in a general student election held for that purpose.
1-13     The amount of the fee may not exceed $5 per semester credit hour
1-14     for each regular semester in the first academic year in which the
1-15     fee is imposed.
1-16           (b)  The amount of the fee per semester credit hour may be
1-17     increased from one academic year to the next only if the increase
1-18     is approved by a majority vote of the students of the university
1-19     participating in a general student election held for that purpose. 
1-20           (c)  The board of regents may prorate the amount of the fee
1-21     for a summer session.
1-22           (d)  The fee imposed under this section is in addition to any
1-23     other fee authorized by law and may not be considered in
1-24     determining the maximum student services fees that may be imposed
 2-1     under Section 54.503.
 2-2           (e)  If a mandatory intercollegiate athletics fee in an
 2-3     amount within the limit provided by Subsection (a) was approved by
 2-4     a majority vote of the students of the university participating in
 2-5     a general student election held on or after January 1, 2000, the
 2-6     board of regents may impose the fee without calling an additional
 2-7     election under Subsection (a).  This subsection expires January 1,
 2-8     2003.
 2-9           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-10     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-11     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-12     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-13     Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
2-14     legislative session.  This Act applies beginning with the 2001 fall
2-15     semester.