1-1 By: Armbrister S.B. No. 1827
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed April 25, 2001; April 25, 2001, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 9, 2001,
1-4 reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 9, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1827 By: Truan
1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-8 AN ACT
1-9 relating to certain fees for students attending institutions in the
1-10 Texas State University System.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Section 54.5089, Education Code, is amended by
1-13 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
1-14 follows:
1-15 (a) The board of regents of the Texas State University
1-16 System may charge each student registered at a component
1-17 institution of the Texas State University System a medical services
1-18 fee not to exceed $100 [$55] for each semester of the regular term
1-19 or 10-week [12-week] summer session and not to exceed $50 [$25] for
1-20 each six-week or shorter term of the summer session.
1-21 (e) The fee authorized by this section may not be increased
1-22 by more than 10 percent from one academic year to the next unless
1-23 the increase has been approved by a majority vote of the students
1-24 at the affected institution participating in a general election
1-25 called for that purpose. The fee may not exceed the maximum
1-26 amounts provided by Subsection (a).
1-27 SECTION 2. Section 54.523, Education Code, is amended by
1-28 amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (f) and (g)
1-29 to read as follows:
1-30 (a) To the extent approved by the students under Subsection
1-31 (b) of this section, the board of regents of the Texas State
1-32 University System may charge each student enrolled at a component
1-33 institution [in a university or educational center] under its
1-34 authority a student center fee not to exceed $100 [$70] per
1-35 semester or $50 [$35] per six-week summer term to be used to
1-36 construct, operate, maintain, improve, and program a student center
1-37 at the component institution [university or educational center] at
1-38 which the student is enrolled.
1-39 (b) The decision to levy a student center fee and [,] the
1-40 amount of the initial fee[, and an increase in the fee] must be
1-41 approved by a majority vote of those students participating in a
1-42 general election called for that purpose; provided that this
1-43 requirement shall not apply to the decision to levy a student
1-44 center fee or the amount of the initial fee approved by the board
1-45 prior to the effective date of this section.
1-46 (f) The fee authorized by this section may not be increased
1-47 by more than 10 percent from one academic year to the next unless
1-48 the increase has been approved by a majority vote of the students
1-49 at the affected institution participating in a general election
1-50 called for that purpose. The fee may not exceed the maximum
1-51 amounts provided by Subsection (a).
1-52 (g) The president of each institution in the Texas State
1-53 University System shall establish a formal system for soliciting
1-54 and receiving student comment with respect to matters relating to
1-55 construction and operation of a facility or program financed by a
1-56 fee charged under this section.
1-57 SECTION 3. Subsection (a), Section 54.538, Education Code,
1-58 is amended to read as follows:
1-59 (a) If approved by student vote [at a system institution],
1-60 the Board of Regents, Texas State University System, may charge
1-61 each student enrolled at a component [such] institution of the
1-62 Texas State University System a recreational sports fee not to
1-63 exceed $100 [$50] per semester or 10-week summer session or $50
1-64 [$25] per five-week summer session. The fee may be used to
2-1 purchase equipment for and to construct, operate, and maintain
2-2 recreational sports facilities and programs at the designated
2-3 institution.
2-4 SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2001 fall
2-5 semester.
2-6 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-7 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-8 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-9 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-10 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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