79R9459 KSD-D

By:  Leibowitz                                                    H.B. No. 2441



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the recreational facility fee at The University of 
Texas at San Antonio.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 54.543, Education Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as 
follows:
	(a)  The board of regents of The University of Texas System 
may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at San 
Antonio a recreational facility fee not to exceed:
		(1)  $150 [$100] for a term or semester of more than six 
weeks; [each semester of the regular term] or
		(2)  $75 for a term or semester of six weeks or less.                  
	(a-1)  The recreational facility fee may be used only [summer 
session] to finance, construct, operate, maintain, or improve 
student recreational facilities at the university.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies 
beginning with the 2005 fall semester.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2005.