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.