By:  Hill (Senate Sponsor - Shapiro)                              H.B. No. 2379
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2003; 
May 7, 2003, read first time and referred to Subcommittee on Higher 
Education; May 22, 2003, reported to Committee on Education; 
May 23, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 23, 2003, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2379                                   By:  Janek


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.  Section 54.544(b), Education Code, is 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.
	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.



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