1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the amount of the international education fee charged
 1-3     at certain institutions of higher education.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 54.5132(a), Education Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  The governing board of an institution of higher
 1-8     education, other than The University of Texas at Austin, may charge
 1-9     and collect from students registered at the institution a fee in an
1-10     amount not less than [of] $1 and not more than $4 for each semester
1-11     or summer session.  The amount of the fee may be increased only if
1-12     the increase is approved by a majority vote of the students at the
1-13     institution participating in an election called for that purpose.
1-14           SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to
1-15     a fee charged for a semester or summer session that begins on or
1-16     after the effective date of this Act.
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.
         _______________________________     _______________________________
             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2218 was passed by the House on April
         5, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not
         voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
         No. 2218 on May 25, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 1,
         2 present, not voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 2218 was passed by the Senate, with
         amendments, on May 21, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
         0, 1 present, not voting.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor