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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas Southern |
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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 54.5223 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.5223. INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS FEE: TEXAS |
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SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY. (a) The board of regents of Texas Southern |
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University may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each |
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student enrolled at Texas Southern University in an amount not to |
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exceed $10 per semester credit hour. |
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(b) The amount of the fee imposed on a student in a semester |
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or session may not exceed the amount of the fee imposed on a student |
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enrolled in 15 semester credit hours during the same semester or |
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session. |
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(c) The fee may not be imposed unless approved by a majority |
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vote of the students of the university participating in a general |
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student election held for that purpose. |
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(d) The amount of the fee per semester credit hour may be |
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increased from one academic year to the next only if approved by a |
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majority vote of the students of the university participating in a |
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general student election held for that purpose. |
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(e) 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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university. |
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(f) A fee imposed under this section is in addition to any |
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other fee authorized by law and may not be considered in determining |
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the maximum amount of student services fees that may be imposed |
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under Section 54.503. |
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(g) The fee may not be charged after the fifth academic year |
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in which the fee is first charged unless, before the end of that |
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academic year, the university has issued bonds payable in whole or |
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in part from the fee, in which event the fee may not be charged after |
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the academic year in which all such bonds, including refunding |
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bonds for those bonds, have been fully paid. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009 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, 2009. |