1-1 By: Rangel (Senate Sponsor - Staples) H.B. No. 2218
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; April 27, 2001, reported favorably by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 27, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to the amount of the international education fee charged
1-9 at certain institutions of higher education.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 54.5132(a), Education Code, is amended to
1-12 read as follows:
1-13 (a) The governing board of an institution of higher
1-14 education, other than The University of Texas at Austin, may charge
1-15 and collect from students registered at the institution a fee in an
1-16 amount not less than [of] $1 and not more than $4 for each semester
1-17 or summer session.
1-18 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to
1-19 a fee charged for a semester or summer session that begins on or
1-20 after the effective date of this Act.
1-21 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-22 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-23 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-24 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-25 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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