77R14168 JSA-D                          
         By Ogden                                              S.B. No. 1472
         Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1472:
         By Goolsby                                        C.S.S.B. No. 1472
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the general property deposit paid by a student of a
 1-3     public institution of higher education.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 54.502(a), Education Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  An institution of higher education may [shall] collect a
 1-8     reasonable deposit not to exceed $10 from each student to insure
 1-9     the institution against losses, damages, and breakage in libraries
1-10     and laboratories.  The deposit shall be returned on the withdrawal
1-11     or graduation of a student, less any loss, damage, or breakage
1-12     caused by the student.
1-13           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-14     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-15     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-16     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-17     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.