1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to authorizing The University of Texas at Austin to 1-3 establish a flat rate tuition pilot project for certain 1-4 undergraduate students. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Education Code, is 1-7 amended by adding Section 54.069 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 54.069. FLAT RATE TUITION PILOT PROJECT. (a) In this 1-9 section, "tuition" means all academic program costs related to 1-10 enrollment in an academic course or degree program that are charged 1-11 to a student, including all charges designated as tuition, 1-12 mandatory fees, and incidental fees. The term does not include 1-13 voluntary fees. 1-14 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the 1-15 board of regents of The University of Texas System may establish a 1-16 pilot project at The University of Texas at Austin involving not 1-17 more than two colleges or degree programs designated by the board 1-18 of regents under which the university charges the same amount of 1-19 tuition to all undergraduate students enrolled in a college or 1-20 degree program included in the pilot project. 1-21 (c) The board of regents may not require a full-time student 1-22 who pays tuition under the pilot project to pay more tuition than 1-23 the average amount of tuition that a student not included in the 1-24 pilot project would pay for enrolling in the university for 14 2-1 semester credit hours for the same semester or term. 2-2 (d) The board of regents shall evaluate the effect of flat 2-3 rate tuition charged under the pilot project on the number of 2-4 semester credit hours taken by students included in the project 2-5 each semester. The board shall report the results of the 2-6 evaluation to the legislature not later than December 31, 2002, and 2-7 December 31, 2004. 2-8 (e) This section expires September 1, 2005. 2-9 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 2-10 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 2-11 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 2-12 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-13 Act takes effect September 1, 2001. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3524 was passed by the House on April 26, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3524 was passed by the Senate on May 17, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________________ Date __________________________ Governor