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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the recreational facility fee at The University of |
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Texas at El Paso. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 54.541(a) and (c), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System |
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may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at El |
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Paso a recreational facility fee not to exceed $70 [$12] per student |
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for a term or semester of 10 weeks or more or $50 for any other term |
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or semester [per semester or summer session]. The fee may be used |
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only for financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and |
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improving new and existing recreational sports facilities and |
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programs at The University of Texas at El Paso. |
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(c) The recreational facility fee may not be increased |
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[levied] unless the amount of the increase [fee] is approved [and
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the amount of the fee is set] by a majority vote of those students |
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participating in a general student election called at The |
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University of Texas at El Paso for that purpose. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to |
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fees charged beginning with the 2007 fall semester. A fee charged |
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for a term or semester before the 2007 fall semester is covered by |
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the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |