78R7899 JRJ-F


By:  Hill                                                         H.B. No. 2379



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the recreational facility fee charged at The University 
of Texas at Dallas.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 54.544(b) and (c), Education Code, are 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A recreational facility fee may not exceed:                               
		(1)  $65 [$40] for each student for a semester of the 
regular term or a [12-week] summer session of 12 weeks or longer;  
and
		(2)  $43.33 [$26.67] for each student for a [an 
eight-week] summer session of less than 12 weeks.
	(c)  A recreational facility fee may not be charged or 
increased by more than 10 percent unless charging or increasing the 
fee is approved by a majority vote of the students participating in 
a general student election called for that purpose or by a majority 
vote of the legislative body of the student government of the 
institution.
	SECTION 2.  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 3.  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.