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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing an increase in the student union fee at the |
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University of Houston. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 54.526(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The board of regents of the University of Houston System |
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may levy a student union fee, not to exceed $150 [$35] per student |
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for each regular semester and not to exceed $75 [$17.50] per student |
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for each term of the summer session. The sole purpose of the fee is |
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financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and improving a |
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Student Union Building for the University of Houston. The fees |
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herein authorized to be levied are in addition to any use or service |
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fee now or hereafter authorized to be levied. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with student fees charged by a public institution of |
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higher education for the 2009-2010 academic year. Student fees |
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charged by a public institution of higher education for an academic |
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year before that academic year are covered by the law in effect |
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before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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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, 2009. |