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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a student services building fee at The University of |
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Texas of the Permian Basin. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 54, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 54.5332 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.5332. STUDENT SERVICES BUILDING FEE; THE UNIVERSITY |
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OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN. (a) The board of regents of The |
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University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The |
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University of Texas of the Permian Basin a fee for the purpose of |
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financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, or improving a |
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student services building at the university. |
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(b) The amount of the fee may not exceed: |
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(1) $150 for each regular semester; |
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(2) $75 for each summer session of more than six weeks; |
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or |
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(3) $50 for each summer session of six weeks or |
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shorter. |
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(c) The board may pledge fees imposed under this section to |
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pay obligations issued pursuant to the revenue financing system of |
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The University of Texas System. |
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(d) The amount of the fee for a semester or summer session |
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may not be increased by more than 10 percent from the amount of the |
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fee for a similar semester or summer session of the preceding |
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academic year unless the amount of the increase is approved by a |
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majority vote of the students participating in a general student |
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election held for that purpose. |
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(e) The university shall collect the fee imposed under this |
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section and deposit the money collected into an account to be known |
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as the student services building account of The University of Texas |
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of the Permian Basin. Money in the account may be used only for the |
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purposes described by Subsection (a). |
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(f) A fee charged under this section is in addition to any |
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other fee the board is authorized by law to charge at the university |
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and may not be considered in determining the maximum student |
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services fee that may be charged under Section 54.503. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2007 fall |
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semester. |
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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. |