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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 Intercollegiate |
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Athletics fee at Texas Southern University. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) The board of regents of Texas Southern |
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University may impose on each student enrolled in the university |
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[levy and collect] an Intercollegiate Athletics fee of $10 per |
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semester credit hour for each semester not to exceed 12 semester |
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hours for each semester for the purpose of continued development |
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and maintenance of intercollegiate athletic programs. |
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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. |