By Lewis of Tarrant                                   H.B. No. 3265
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to notice to higher education students of the sanctions
 1-3     for failure to timely pay tuition and fees.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 54.007(c), Education Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           (c)  A student who fails to make full payment of tuition and
 1-8     fees, including any incidental fees, by the due date may be
 1-9     prohibited from registering for classes until full payment is made.
1-10     A student who fails to make payment prior to the end of the
1-11     semester may be denied credit for the work done that semester.  The
1-12     governing board may not impose on a student any sanction authorized
1-13     by this subsection unless when the student registers or selects a
1-14     method of payment under Subsection (a), the governing board gives
1-15     to the student a written notice of possible sanctions that contains
1-16     [includes in any promissory note signed by a student] the following
1-17     statement printed in bold-faced type or in capital letters:  "A
1-18     STUDENT WHO FAILS TO MAKE FULL PAYMENT OF TUITION AND FEES,
1-19     INCLUDING ANY INCIDENTAL FEES, BY THE DUE DATE MAY BE PROHIBITED
1-20     FROM REGISTERING FOR CLASSES UNTIL FULL PAYMENT IS MADE. A STUDENT
1-21     WHO FAILS TO MAKE PAYMENT PRIOR TO THE END OF THE SEMESTER MAY BE
1-22     DENIED CREDIT FOR THE WORK DONE THAT SEMESTER."  The governing
1-23     board shall also include the statement in any promissory note
1-24     signed by the student.  The governing board shall notify a student
 2-1     of any delinquent tuition or fee payment as soon as practicable.
 2-2     The institution's records may be adjusted to reflect the student's
 2-3     failure to have properly enrolled for that semester.
 2-4           SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies
 2-5     beginning with tuition and fees charged for the 2001 fall semester.
 2-6           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 2-7     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 2-8     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 2-9     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-10     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.