77R5800 KEL-D                           
         By Dunnam                                             H.B. No. 1212
         Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1212:
         By Uher                                           C.S.H.B. No. 1212
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to installment payments of tuition and fees by a student
 1-3     enrolled for a summer session at a public institution of higher
 1-4     education.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1.  Sections 54.007(a) and (b), Education Code, are
 1-7     amended to read as follows:
 1-8           (a)  The governing board of each institution of higher
 1-9     education shall permit a student to pay [provide for the payment
1-10     of] tuition and fees [during the fall and spring semesters] through
1-11     the following alternatives:
1-12                 (1)  for a student enrolled for any semester or term,
1-13     full payment of tuition and fees in advance of the beginning of the
1-14     semester; [or]
1-15                 (2)  for a student enrolled for a fall or spring
1-16     semester, one-half payment of tuition and fees in advance of the
1-17     beginning of the semester, one-quarter payment before [prior to]
1-18     the beginning [start] of the sixth class week, and the final
1-19     one-quarter payment before the beginning of the 11th [eleventh]
1-20     class week;
1-21                 (3)  for a student enrolled for a 12-week summer term,
1-22     one-half payment of tuition and fees in advance of the beginning of
1-23     the summer term, one-quarter payment before the beginning of the
1-24     fifth class week, and the final one-quarter payment before the
 2-1     beginning of the ninth class week; or
 2-2                 (4)  for a student enrolled for a 16-week summer term,
 2-3     one-half payment of tuition and fees in advance of the beginning of
 2-4     the summer term, one-quarter payment before the beginning of the
 2-5     sixth class week, and the final one-quarter payment before the
 2-6     beginning of the 11th class week.
 2-7           (b)  The governing board may assess and collect incidental
 2-8     fees for students utilizing payment alternatives [alternative] (2),
 2-9     (3), or (4) under Subsection (a) [of this section] and for students
2-10     delinquent in payments.  The fees must reasonably reflect the cost
2-11     to the institution of handling those payments.
2-12           SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
2-13     to tuition and fees charged for a semester or summer session that
2-14     begins on or after the effective date of this Act.
2-15           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-16     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-17     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-18     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-19     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.