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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