Amend CSSB 1227 (House committee printing) by adding the
following appropriately numbered ARTICLE and renumbering
subsequent ARTICLES accordingly:
ARTICLE . TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FEES RECEIVED BY INSTITUTIONS OF
HIGHER EDUCATION
SECTION .01. Section 51.009(c), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) Each of the following shall be accounted for as
educational and general funds:
(1) net tuition, special course fees charged under
Sections 54.051(e) and (l), Education Code, lab fees, student
teaching fees, [hospital and clinic fees,] organized activity fees,
proceeds from the sale of educational and general equipment, and
indirect cost recovery fees; and
(2) hospital and clinic fees received by a state-owned
clinical care facility that is operated using general revenue fund
appropriations for patient care.
SECTION .02. Section 51.009(c), Education Code, as amended
by this article, applies to fees collected on or after the effective
date of this Act. A fee collected before that date is governed by
the law in effect when the fee is collected, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.