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Amend CSSB 1652 in SECTION 1.05 of the bill, as follows:
(1) In amended Section 54.5011, Education Code, strike
proposed Subsection (a) (page 2, lines 12 through 17, Senate
committee printing) and substitute the following:
(a) This section applies to a payment of tuition, a fee, or
another charge to an institution of higher education that is made or
authorized in person, by mail, by telephone call, or through the
Internet by means of:
(1) an electronic funds transfer; or
(2) a credit card.
(2) At the end of amended Section 54.5011, Education Code,
strike "[(c) Before accepting a payment by credit card, the
institution shall notify the student of any fee to be charged under
this section.]" (page 2, lines 34 through 36, Senate committee
printing), and substitute the following:
(d) [(c)] Before accepting a payment by credit card, the
institution shall notify the student of any fee to be charged under
this section.