1-1     By:  West (Senate Sponsor - Duncan)                    H.B. No. 120
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House March 15, 2001;
 1-3     March 19, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Education; April 17, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 17, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to student intercollegiate athletic fees at The University
 1-9     of Texas of the Permian Basin.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 54, Education Code, is
1-12     amended by adding Section 54.5331 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 54.5331.  INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC FEE; THE UNIVERSITY
1-14     OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN.  (a)  The board of regents of The
1-15     University of Texas System may impose a mandatory intercollegiate
1-16     athletics fee at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin if
1-17     the fee is approved by a majority vote of the students
1-18     participating in a general student election held for that purpose.
1-19     The amount of the fee may not exceed $5 per semester credit hour
1-20     for each regular semester in the first academic year in which the
1-21     fee is imposed.
1-22           (b)  The amount of the fee per semester credit hour may be
1-23     increased from one academic year to the next only if the increase
1-24     is approved by a majority vote of the students of the university
1-25     participating in a general student election held for that purpose. 
1-26           (c)  The board of regents may prorate the amount of the fee
1-27     for a summer session.
1-28           (d)  The fee imposed under this section is in addition to any
1-29     other fee authorized by law and may not be considered in
1-30     determining the maximum student services fees that may be imposed
1-31     under Section 54.503.
1-32           (e)  If a mandatory intercollegiate athletics fee in an
1-33     amount within the limit provided by Subsection (a) was approved by
1-34     a majority vote of the students of the university participating in
1-35     a general student election held on or after January 1, 2000, the
1-36     board of regents may impose the fee without calling an additional
1-37     election under Subsection (a).  This subsection expires January 1,
1-38     2003.
1-39           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-40     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-41     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-42     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-43     Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the
1-44     legislative session.  This Act applies beginning with the 2001 fall
1-45     semester.
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