1-1 By: Solomons (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 467
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 9, 2001;
1-3 April 9, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Education; May 4, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable
1-5 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0;
1-6 May 4, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 467 By: Nelson
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to the authority of the board of regents of Texas Woman's
1-11 University to levy student fees for medical services.
1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13 SECTION 1. Sections 54.5085(a) and (b), Education Code, are
1-14 amended to read as follows:
1-15 (a) The board of regents of Texas Woman's University may
1-16 charge each student registered at the university a medical services
1-17 fee not to exceed $55 [$30] for each semester of the regular term
1-18 or 12-week summer session and not to exceed $25 [$15] for each
1-19 six-week or shorter term of the summer session.
1-20 (b) Before the board imposes or increases a fee under this
1-21 section, the board shall consider the recommendations of a student
1-22 fee advisory committee established by the president of the
1-23 university. A majority of the members of the advisory committee
1-24 must be students appointed by the presiding officer of the student
1-25 governing body and the remainder of the members must be appointed
1-26 by the president of the university. The board may increase the
1-27 amount of the fee by an amount that is more than 10 percent of the
1-28 amount imposed in the preceding academic year only if that increase
1-29 is approved by a majority vote of those students of the university
1-30 participating in a general election called for that purpose.
1-31 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies
1-32 beginning with fees charged for the 2001 fall semester. Fees
1-33 charged for a semester or session before the 2001 fall semester are
1-34 governed by the law in effect at the time the fees are charged, and
1-35 that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-36 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-37 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-38 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-39 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-40 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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