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