By Rangel                                             H.B. No. 2218
         77R8391 JSA-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 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.
1-12           SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to
1-13     a fee charged for a semester or summer session that begins on or
1-14     after the effective date of this Act.
1-15           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-16     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-17     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-18     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-19     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.