By: Armbrister S.B. No. 1827
2001S1212/1
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to certain fees for students attending institutions in the
1-3 Texas State University System.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 54.5089, Education Code, is amended by
1-6 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
1-7 follows:
1-8 (a) The board of regents of the Texas State University
1-9 System may charge each student registered at a component
1-10 institution of the Texas State University System a medical services
1-11 fee not to exceed $100 [$55] for each semester of the regular term
1-12 or 10-week [12-week] summer session and not to exceed $50 [$25] for
1-13 each six-week or shorter term of the summer session.
1-14 (e) The board may not increase the amount of the medical
1-15 services fee charged at a component institution of the Texas State
1-16 University System by more than 10 percent from one academic year to
1-17 the next unless the increase is approved by a majority vote of
1-18 those students participating in a general election called for that
1-19 purpose.
1-20 SECTION 2. Section 54.523, Education Code, is amended by
1-21 amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (f) and (g)
1-22 to read as follows:
1-23 (a) To the extent approved by the students under Subsection
1-24 (b) of this section, the board of regents of the Texas State
1-25 University System may charge each student enrolled at a component
2-1 institution [in a university or educational center] under its
2-2 authority a student center fee not to exceed $100 [$70] per
2-3 semester or $50 [$35] per six-week summer term to be used to
2-4 construct, operate, maintain, improve, and program a student center
2-5 at the component institution [university or educational center] at
2-6 which the student is enrolled.
2-7 (b) The decision to levy a student center fee and [,] the
2-8 amount of the initial fee[, and an increase in the fee] must be
2-9 approved by a majority vote of those students participating in a
2-10 general election called for that purpose; provided that this
2-11 requirement shall not apply to the decision to levy a student
2-12 center fee or the amount of the initial fee approved by the board
2-13 prior to the effective date of this section.
2-14 (f) The fee authorized by this section may not be increased
2-15 by more than 10 percent from one academic year to the next unless
2-16 the increase has been approved by a majority vote of the students
2-17 at the affected institution participating in a general election
2-18 called for that purpose. The fee may not exceed the maximum
2-19 amounts provided by Subsection (a).
2-20 (g) the president of each institution in the system shall
2-21 establish a formal system for soliciting and receiving student
2-22 comment with respect to matters relating to construction and
2-23 operation of a facility or program financed by a fee charged under
2-24 this section.
2-25 SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 54.538, Education Code,
2-26 is amended to read as follows:
3-1 (a) If approved by student vote [at a system institution],
3-2 the Board of Regents, Texas State University System, may charge
3-3 each student enrolled at a component [such] institution of the
3-4 Texas State University System a recreational sports fee not to
3-5 exceed $100 [$50] per semester or 10-week summer session or $50
3-6 [$25] per five-week summer session. The fee may be used to
3-7 purchase equipment for and to construct, operate, and maintain
3-8 recreational sports facilities and programs at the designated
3-9 institution.
3-10 SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2001 fall
3-11 semester.
3-12 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
3-13 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
3-14 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
3-15 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
3-16 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.