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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a student fitness and recreational fee at Texas Woman's |
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University. |
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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 54.5251 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.5251. STUDENT FITNESS AND RECREATIONAL FEE; TEXAS |
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WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY. (a) The board of regents of Texas Woman's |
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University may charge each student enrolled at the university a |
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student fitness and recreational fee in an amount not to exceed: |
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(1) $125 for each regular semester or each summer |
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session of more than six weeks; or |
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(2) $62.50 for each summer session of six weeks or |
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less. |
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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 university who participate in a general |
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student election held for that purpose. |
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(c) The fee may be used only for financing, constructing, |
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operating, maintaining, or improving a fitness or recreational |
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facility or for operating a fitness or recreational program at the |
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university. |
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(d) The amount of the fee may not be increased to an amount |
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that exceeds by 10 percent or more the total amount of the fee as |
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last approved by a student vote under Subsection (b) or this |
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subsection unless the increase has been approved by a majority vote |
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of the students enrolled at the university who participate in a |
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general student election called for that purpose. |
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(e) The chief fiscal officer of the university shall collect |
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the fee and shall deposit the revenue from the fee in an account to |
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be known as the student fitness and recreational account. |
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(f) The fee is not considered in determining the maximum |
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amount of student services fees that may be charged under Section |
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54.503. |
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(g) The board of regents may permit a person who is not |
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enrolled at the university to use a facility financed with revenue |
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from the fee imposed under this section only if: |
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(1) the person's use will not materially interfere |
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with use of the facility by students of the university; |
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(2) the person is charged a fee in an amount that is |
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not less than the amount of the student fee or the total amount of |
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the direct and indirect costs to the university of providing for the |
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person's use, except that a charge under this subdivision may not be |
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imposed on a person who uses the facility under an existing lifetime |
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contract with the university for the use of fitness and |
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recreational facilities; and |
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(3) the person's use will not materially increase the |
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potential liability of the university. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to fees imposed for a semester or term that begins on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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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. |