H.R. No. 1694



R E S O L U T I O N
	BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of 
Texas, 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, That House Rule 13, 
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13, 
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to 
resolve the differences on House Bill 3015, relating to the tuition 
and fees charged to students of institutions of higher education, 
to financial assistance funded by tuition, and to reports of 
availability and access by institutions of higher education, to 
consider and take action on the following matter:
	House Rule 13, Sections 9(a)(1) and (4), are suspended to 
permit the conference committee to include the following text:
	SECTION 2.  Sections 54.0513(a) and (b), Education Code, are 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  [The building use fee previously authorized in Section 
55.16 of this code is redesignated as tuition.
	[(b)]  In addition to amounts that a governing board of an 
institution of higher education is authorized to charge as tuition 
under the other provisions of this chapter, the governing board, 
under the terms the governing board considers appropriate, may [is 
authorized to] charge any student an amount designated as tuition 
that the governing board considers necessary for the effective 
operation of the institution [in an academic year an amount not to 
exceed the amount charged under Sections 54.051 or 54.0512, as 
applicable, in that academic year].
	Explanation:  The change is necessary to permit public 
institutions of higher education to charge tuition at appropriate 
rates.

                                                                        Morrison
                                                                 Brown of Brazos
                                                                         Goolsby
                                                                          Heflin
                                                                           Pitts


                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 1694 was adopted by the House on May 
31, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 103, Nays 39, 0 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House