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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the imposition of an intercollegiate athletics fee at |
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Texas State University--San Marcos. |
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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 54.5381 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.5381. INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS FEE: TEXAS STATE |
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UNIVERSITY--SAN MARCOS. (a) The board of regents of the Texas |
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State University System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee |
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on each student enrolled at Texas State University--San Marcos. |
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(b) The fee may not be imposed unless approved by a majority |
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vote of the students of the institution who participate in a general |
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student election held at the institution for that purpose. |
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(c) A fee imposed under this section may be used to develop |
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and maintain an intercollegiate athletics program at the |
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institution. |
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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. |