Suspending limitations on conference committee

jurisdiction, H.B. No. 3015








By:  Shapiro                                        S.R. No. 1034



SENATE RESOLUTION
	BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 78th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, That Senate Rule 12.03 be 
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 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:
	Senate Rules 12.03(1) and (4) are suspended to permit the 
conference committee to include the following text to the bill:
	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.




_______________________________ 
    President of the Senate
 
     I hereby certify that the 
above Resolution was adopted by 
the Senate on May 31, 2003, by the 
following vote:  Yeas 17, Nays 13.



_______________________________ 
    Secretary of the Senate