1-1     By:  Goolsby (Senate Sponsor - Shapiro)               H.B. No. 2575
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 19, 2001;
 1-3     April 20, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Education; May 9, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable
 1-5     Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0;
 1-6     May 9, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2575               By:  Zaffirini
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to the total amount of student services fees that may be
1-11     charged at certain institutions of higher education.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Section 54.503(b), Education Code, is amended to
1-14     read as follows:
1-15           (b)  The governing board of an institution of higher
1-16     education may charge and collect from students registered at the
1-17     institution fees to cover the cost of student services.  The fee or
1-18     fees may be either voluntary or compulsory as determined by the
1-19     governing board.  The total of all compulsory student services fees
1-20     collected from a student at an institution of higher education
1-21     other than The University of Texas at Austin or a component
1-22     institution of the University of Houston System for any one
1-23     semester or summer session shall not exceed $250 [$150.  If
1-24     approved by a majority vote of those students participating in a
1-25     general election called for that purpose, the total of all
1-26     compulsory student services fees that may be collected from a
1-27     student at The University of Texas at El Paso may be increased to
1-28     an amount not to exceed $250. Approval at the election of an
1-29     increase in the total fees that may be collected from a student at
1-30     The University of Texas at El Paso does not affect the application
1-31     of Subsection (f) to an increase in the total fees actually charged
1-32     from one year to the next].  All compulsory student services fees
1-33     charged and collected under this section by the governing board of
1-34     an institution of higher education, other than a public junior
1-35     college, shall be assessed in proportion to the number of semester
1-36     credit hours for which a student registers.  No portion of the
1-37     compulsory fees collected may be expended for parking facilities or
1-38     services, except as related to providing shuttle bus services.
1-39           SECTION 2.  Section 54.513(j), Education Code, is amended to
1-40     read as follows:
1-41           (j)  The total of all compulsory fees charged under this
1-42     section to students for any semester or summer session may not
1-43     exceed $250 [$150].
1-44           SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-45     to fees imposed for a semester or term that begins on or after the
1-46     effective date of this Act.
1-47           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-48     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-49     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-50     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-51     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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