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.