H.B. No. 1817
AN ACT
relating to student fees at institutions in the Texas State
University System.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.5089, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
follows:
(a) The board of regents of the Texas State University
System may charge each student registered at a component
institution of the Texas State University System a medical services
fee not to exceed $100 [$55] for each semester of the regular term
or [12-week] summer session of 12 weeks or longer and not to exceed
$50 [$25] for each [six-week or shorter term of the] summer session
of less than 12 weeks.
(e) Not more than once in an academic year, the board may
increase the fee authorized by this section. Any increase in the
fee of more than 10 percent must be approved by a majority vote of
those students participating in a general student election called
for that purpose.
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 54.511, Education Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 54.511. STUDENT FEES FOR BUS SERVICE; TEXAS STATE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM [SOUTHWEST TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY].
SECTION 3. Section 54.511(b), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) Not more than once in an academic year, the board may
increase the fee authorized in Subsection (a) of this section for
the purpose of covering increased operating costs of the bus
service. Any increase in the fee must be approved by a majority
vote of those students participating in a general election called
for that purpose. However, the total fee may not exceed $100 [$46]
per semester or $50 [$23] per [six-week] summer term of six weeks or
less.
SECTION 4. Section 54.523(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) To the extent approved by the students under Subsection
(b) of this section, the board of regents of the Texas State
University System may charge each student enrolled in a university
or educational center under its authority a student center fee not
to exceed $100 [$70] per semester or $50 [$35] per [six-week] summer
term of six weeks or less to be used to construct, operate,
maintain, improve, and program a student center at the university
or educational center at which the student is enrolled.
SECTION 5. Section 54.538(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) If approved by student vote at a system institution, the
Board of Regents, Texas State University System, may charge each
student enrolled at such institution a recreational sports fee not
to exceed $100 [$50] per semester or [10-week] summer session of 10
weeks or longer or $50 [$25] per [five-week] summer session of less
than 10 weeks. The fee may be used to purchase equipment for and to
construct, operate, and maintain recreational sports facilities
and programs at the designated institution.
SECTION 6. This Act applies beginning with the 2003 fall
semester.
SECTION 7. 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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1817 was passed by the House on April
30, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 122, Nays 6, 3 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 1817 on May 29, 2003, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 1817 on June 1, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 145,
Nays 0, 2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1817 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 28, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
1817 on June 1, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor