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.