By:  Staples                                                      S.B. No. 283
	(In the Senate - Filed January 26, 2005; February 7, 2005, 
read first time and referred to Subcommittee on Higher Education; 
March 14, 2005, reported favorably to Committee on Education; 
March 29, 2005, reported favorably from Committee on Education by 
the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 29, 2005, sent to 
printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to a recreational sports fee at Stephen F. Austin State 
University.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 54, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 54.5201 to read as follows:
	Sec. 54.5201.  RECREATIONAL SPORTS FEE; STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 
STATE UNIVERSITY.  (a)  The board of regents of Stephen F. Austin 
State University may charge each student enrolled at the university 
a recreational sports fee not to exceed $120 per semester or summer 
session of longer than six weeks or $60 per summer session of six 
weeks or less.  The fee may be used to purchase equipment for and to 
construct, operate, and maintain recreational sports facilities 
and programs.
	(b)  The recreational sports fee authorized by this section 
may not be increased more than 10 percent from one academic year to 
the next unless the increase has been approved by a majority vote of 
those students participating in a general student election called 
for that purpose.  The fee may not exceed the amounts provided by 
Subsection (a).
	(c)  The chief fiscal officer of the university shall collect 
any student recreational sports fee imposed under this section and 
shall deposit the money collected in an account to be known as the 
student recreational sports account.
	(d)  A student recreational sports fee imposed under this 
section is not counted in determining the maximum student services 
fee that may be charged under Section 54.503.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to fees imposed for a semester or term that begins on or after the 
effective date of this Act.
	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.



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