By Staples S.B. No. 628
77R4673 KSD-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to imposing a recreational facility fee at The University
1-3 of Texas at Tyler.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 54, Education Code, is
1-6 amended by adding Section 54.5341 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 54.5341. STUDENT RECREATIONAL FACILITY FEE; THE
1-8 UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER. (a) The board of regents of The
1-9 University of Texas System may impose a recreational facility fee
1-10 on each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Tyler. The
1-11 fee may not be imposed unless approved by a majority vote of the
1-12 students participating in a general student election held at the
1-13 university for that purpose.
1-14 (b) The amount of the fee may not exceed:
1-15 (1) $40 per student for each regular semester;
1-16 (2) $30 per student for each summer session of 12
1-17 weeks or longer;
1-18 (3) $15 per student for each summer session of six
1-19 weeks or more but less than 12 weeks; and
1-20 (4) $10 per student for each summer session that is
1-21 shorter than six weeks.
1-22 (c) The board may:
1-23 (1) use revenue from the fee only to finance,
1-24 construct, equip, operate, maintain, or improve a recreational
2-1 facility or program at the university; and
2-2 (2) pledge revenue from the fee to pay an obligation
2-3 issued under the revenue financing system of The University of
2-4 Texas System.
2-5 (d) The board shall deposit revenue from the fee to the
2-6 credit of an account known as "The University of Texas at Tyler
2-7 recreational facility fee account" under the control of the student
2-8 fee advisory committee established under Section 54.5031.
2-9 (e) The student fee advisory committee annually shall submit
2-10 to the board a complete and itemized budget for the recreational
2-11 facility with a complete report of all recreational facility
2-12 activities conducted during the past year and all expenditures made
2-13 in connection with those activities. The board may make changes in
2-14 the budget that the board determines are necessary. After
2-15 approving the budget, the board, in accordance with this section,
2-16 may impose the recreational facility fees for that year in amounts
2-17 sufficient to meet the budgetary needs of the recreational
2-18 facility. If the budget approved by the board contains an
2-19 expenditure for the construction of a facility, the board may
2-20 contract for the construction of the facility.
2-21 (f) The board may not increase the amount of the
2-22 recreational facility fee unless the amount of the increase is
2-23 approved by a majority vote of the students participating in a
2-24 general student election held at the university for that purpose.
2-25 (g) A fee imposed under this section is in addition to any
2-26 other fee the board is authorized by law to impose.
2-27 (h) A fee imposed under this section may not be considered
3-1 in determining the maximum amount of student services fees that may
3-2 be imposed under Section 54.503(b).
3-3 (i) If a recreational facility fee as described by this
3-4 section was approved by a majority vote of the students of the
3-5 university participating in a general student election held on or
3-6 after January 1, 2000, the board of regents may impose the fee
3-7 without calling an additional election under Subsection (a). This
3-8 subsection expires January 1, 2003.
3-9 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2001 fall
3-10 semester.
3-11 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
3-12 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
3-13 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
3-14 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
3-15 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.