By Solomons                                            H.B. No. 467
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the authority of the board of regents of Texas Woman's
 1-3     University to levy student fees for medical services.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 54.5085(a), Education Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  The board of regents of Texas Woman's University may
 1-8     charge each student registered at the university a medical services
 1-9     fee not to exceed $55 [$30] for each semester of the regular term
1-10     or 12-week summer session and not to exceed $25 [$15] for each
1-11     six-week or shorter term of the summer session.
1-12           SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies
1-13     beginning with fees charged for the 2001 fall semester. Fees
1-14     charged for a semester or session before the 2001 fall semester are
1-15     governed by the law in effect at the time the fees are charged, and
1-16     that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-17           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-18     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-19     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-20     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-21     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.