1-1     By:  Ogden                                            S.B. No. 1472
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2001; March 13, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 9, 2001,
 1-4     reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0;
 1-5     April 9, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the general property deposit paid by a student of a
 1-9     public institution of higher education.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 54.502, Education Code,
1-12     is amended to read as follows:
1-13           (a)  An institution of higher education may [shall] collect a
1-14     reasonable deposit in an amount not to exceed $100 [$10] from each
1-15     student to insure the institution against losses, damages, and
1-16     breakage in libraries and laboratories.  The deposit shall be
1-17     returned on the withdrawal or graduation of a student, less an
1-18     amount necessary to cover any loss, damage, or breakage caused by
1-19     the student.
1-20           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-21     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-22     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-23     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-24     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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