Amend HB 1505 by striking all below the enacting clause and 
substituting the following:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 54, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 54.551 to read as follows:
	Sec. 54.551.  INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS FEE;  THE UNIVERSITY 
OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE.  (a)  Except as otherwise provided by 
Subsection (g), the board of regents of The University of Texas 
System may impose on each student enrolled at The University of 
Texas at Brownsville an intercollegiate athletics fee in an amount 
not to exceed $7 per semester credit hour.
	(a-1)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, 
the maximum fee that may be imposed under this section for the 
2008-2009 academic year is $5 per semester credit hour, and the 
maximum fee that may be imposed under this section for the 2009-2010 
academic year is $6 per semester credit hour.  This subsection 
expires January 1, 2011.
	(b)  The board shall deposit revenue from the fee to the 
credit of an account known as The University of Texas at Brownsville 
intercollegiate athletics fee account.  Money in the account shall 
be used in accordance with the terms of the partnership agreements 
entered into between The University of Texas at Brownsville and 
Texas Southmost College under Section 78.02.
	(c)  The board may not increase the amount of the fee by more 
than 10 percent from one academic year to the next unless the amount 
of the increase is approved by:
		(1)  a majority vote of the students participating in a 
general student election held at the university for that purpose; 
and
		(2)  a majority of the members of the legislative body 
of the student government of the university.
	(d)  A fee imposed under this section is in addition to any 
other fee the board is authorized by law to impose.
	(e)  Subject to the limitations of this section on the amount 
of the fee and any increase in the amount of the fee, the fee imposed 
under this section must be in the same amount as the intercollegiate 
athletics fee charged a student at Texas Southmost College by the 
board of trustees of Southmost Union Junior College District. A 
student attending either or both institutions may be charged an 
intercollegiate athletics fee by only one of the institutions.
	(f)  The board may not impose the fee authorized by this 
section on a student who is enrolled solely in online courses at the 
university.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2008 fall 
semester.          
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect August 1, 2008.