By Goolsby H.B. No. 2575
77R8648 QS-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the total amount of student services fees that may be
1-3 charged at certain institutions of higher education.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 54.503(b), Education Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (b) The governing board of an institution of higher
1-8 education may charge and collect from students registered at the
1-9 institution fees to cover the cost of student services. The fee or
1-10 fees may be either voluntary or compulsory as determined by the
1-11 governing board. The total of all compulsory student services fees
1-12 collected from a student at an institution of higher education
1-13 other than The University of Texas at Austin or a component
1-14 institution of the University of Houston System for any one
1-15 semester or summer session shall not exceed $250 [$150. If
1-16 approved by a majority vote of those students participating in a
1-17 general election called for that purpose, the total of all
1-18 compulsory student services fees that may be collected from a
1-19 student at The University of Texas at El Paso may be increased to
1-20 an amount not to exceed $250. Approval at the election of an
1-21 increase in the total fees that may be collected from a student at
1-22 The University of Texas at El Paso does not affect the application
1-23 of Subsection (f) to an increase in the total fees actually charged
1-24 from one year to the next]. All compulsory student services fees
2-1 charged and collected under this section by the governing board of
2-2 an institution of higher education, other than a public junior
2-3 college, shall be assessed in proportion to the number of semester
2-4 credit hours for which a student registers. No portion of the
2-5 compulsory fees collected may be expended for parking facilities or
2-6 services, except as related to providing shuttle bus services.
2-7 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to
2-8 fees imposed for a semester or term that begins on or after the
2-9 effective date of this Act.
2-10 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-11 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-12 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-13 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-14 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.