78R7149 KEL-D

By:  Mercer                                                       H.B. No. 1650



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to student fees charged at The University of Texas at San 
Antonio. 
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 54.532(a), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(a)  The board of regents of The University of Texas System 
may levy a student union fee of not less than $20 or more than $150
[$75] for each semester or summer session, assessed in proportion 
to the number of credit hours for which a student registers, for the 
sole purpose of financing, operating, maintaining, and improving a 
student union building for The University of Texas at San Antonio.  
This fee may be levied in addition to any other use or service fee.
	SECTION 2.  Section 54.543, Education Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (g) to read as 
follows:
	(a)  The board of regents of The University of Texas System 
may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at San 
Antonio a recreational facility fee not to exceed $100 [$30] for 
each semester of the regular term or summer session to finance, 
construct, operate, maintain, or improve student recreational 
facilities at the university.
	(g)  The board may not increase the amount of the 
recreational facility fee by more than 10 percent in any academic 
year unless the amount of the increase is approved by a majority 
vote of the students participating in a general student election 
held for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to fees imposed for a semester or term that begins on or after the 
effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.