By: Duncan S.B. No. 1446
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the removal of indirect cost recovery fees from the list
  of items that must be accounted for as educational and general funds
  by institutions of higher education.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (c), Section 51.009, Education Code,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (c)  Each of the following shall be accounted for as
  educational and general funds:
               (1)  net tuition, special course fees charged under
  Sections 54.051(e) and (l), lab fees, student teaching fees,
  organized activity fees, and proceeds from the sale of educational
  and general equipment[, and indirect cost recovery fees]; and
               (2)  hospital and clinic fees received by a state-owned
  clinical care facility that is operated using general revenue fund
  appropriations for patient care.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2007.