By:  Duncan                                            S.B. No. 462
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to certain fees for students attending institutions in the
 1-3     Texas Tech University System.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Sections 54.508 and 54.509, Education Code, are
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 54.508.  MEDICAL SERVICES FEE; TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
 1-8     SYSTEM COMPONENTS.  (a)  The board of regents of the Texas Tech
 1-9     University System may charge each student registered at a component
1-10     institution of the Texas Tech University System [the university] a
1-11     medical services fee not to exceed $100 [$55] for each semester of
1-12     the regular term or 12-week summer session and not to exceed $50
1-13     [$25] for each six-week or shorter term of the summer session.
1-14           (b)  Before charging a medical services fee, the board must
1-15     give students and administrators an opportunity to offer
1-16     recommendations to the board as to the type and scope of medical
1-17     services that should be provided.
1-18           (c)  A medical services fee charged under this section may be
1-19     used only to provide medical services to students enrolled at a
1-20     component institution of the Texas Tech University System [at the
1-21     university].
1-22           (d)  A medical services fee charged under this section is in
1-23     addition to any other fee the board is authorized by law to charge.
1-24           (e)  The board may not increase the amount of the medical
1-25     services fee charged at a component institution of the Texas Tech
 2-1     University System by more than 10 percent from one academic year to
 2-2     the next unless the increase is approved by a majority of the
 2-3     students of the institution voting in a general student election
 2-4     held for that purpose.
 2-5           Sec. 54.509.  STUDENT RECREATION FEE; TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
 2-6     SYSTEM COMPONENTS.  (a)  If approved by student vote, the board of
 2-7     regents of the Texas Tech University System may charge each student
 2-8     enrolled at a component institution of the Texas Tech University
 2-9     System [in the university] a recreation fee not to exceed $100
2-10     [$25] per semester or $50 [$12.50] per six-week summer term to be
2-11     used to purchase equipment for and to operate and maintain the
2-12     student recreation facilities and programs at the institution
2-13     [university].
2-14           (b)  [The recreation fee may not be levied unless the levy of
2-15     the fee is approved and the amount of the fee is set by a majority
2-16     vote of those students participating in a general student election
2-17     called for that purpose.]
2-18           [(c)]  The fee may not be increased by more than 10 percent
2-19     from one academic year to the next unless the increase is approved
2-20     [changed within the limits specified at any time] by a majority of
2-21     students voting on the issue in a general student election called
2-22     for that purpose.
2-23           (c) [(d)]  The university shall collect the student
2-24     recreation fee and shall deposit the money collected in an account
2-25     known as the Student Recreation Account.
2-26           (d) [(e)]  The student recreation fee is not counted in
 3-1     determining the maximum student services fee which may be charged
 3-2     under Section 54.503 [of this code, as amended].
 3-3           SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the fall semester
 3-4     of 2001.
 3-5           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 3-6     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 3-7     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 3-8     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 3-9     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.