1-1 By: Duncan S.B. No. 462
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed January 30, 2001; January 31, 2001,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
1-4 March 8, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
1-5 Nays 0; March 8, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to certain fees for students attending institutions in the
1-9 Texas Tech University System.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Sections 54.508 and 54.509, Education Code, are
1-12 amended to read as follows:
1-13 Sec. 54.508. MEDICAL SERVICES FEE; TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
1-14 SYSTEM COMPONENTS. (a) The board of regents of the Texas Tech
1-15 University System may charge each student registered at a component
1-16 institution of the Texas Tech University System [the university] a
1-17 medical services fee not to exceed $100 [$55] for each semester of
1-18 the regular term or 12-week summer session and not to exceed $50
1-19 [$25] for each six-week or shorter term of the summer session.
1-20 (b) Before charging a medical services fee, the board must
1-21 give students and administrators an opportunity to offer
1-22 recommendations to the board as to the type and scope of medical
1-23 services that should be provided.
1-24 (c) A medical services fee charged under this section may be
1-25 used only to provide medical services to students enrolled at a
1-26 component institution of the Texas Tech University System [at the
1-27 university].
1-28 (d) A medical services fee charged under this section is in
1-29 addition to any other fee the board is authorized by law to charge.
1-30 (e) The board may not increase the amount of the medical
1-31 services fee charged at a component institution of the Texas Tech
1-32 University System by more than 10 percent from one academic year to
1-33 the next unless the increase is approved by a majority of the
1-34 students of the institution voting in a general student election
1-35 held for that purpose.
1-36 Sec. 54.509. STUDENT RECREATION FEE; TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY
1-37 SYSTEM COMPONENTS. (a) If approved by student vote, the board of
1-38 regents of the Texas Tech University System may charge each student
1-39 enrolled at a component institution of the Texas Tech University
1-40 System [in the university] a recreation fee not to exceed $100
1-41 [$25] per semester or $50 [$12.50] per six-week summer term to be
1-42 used to purchase equipment for and to operate and maintain the
1-43 student recreation facilities and programs at the institution
1-44 [university].
1-45 (b) [The recreation fee may not be levied unless the levy of
1-46 the fee is approved and the amount of the fee is set by a majority
1-47 vote of those students participating in a general student election
1-48 called for that purpose.]
1-49 [(c)] The fee may not be increased by more than 10 percent
1-50 from one academic year to the next unless the increase is approved
1-51 [changed within the limits specified at any time] by a majority of
1-52 students voting on the issue in a general student election called
1-53 for that purpose.
1-54 (c) [(d)] The university shall collect the student
1-55 recreation fee and shall deposit the money collected in an account
1-56 known as the Student Recreation Account.
1-57 (d) [(e)] The student recreation fee is not counted in
1-58 determining the maximum student services fee which may be charged
1-59 under Section 54.503 [of this code, as amended].
1-60 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the fall semester
1-61 of 2001.
1-62 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-63 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-64 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-1 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-2 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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