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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 Midwestern State |
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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 54.5442 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.5442. INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS FEE; MIDWESTERN |
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STATE UNIVERSITY. (a) The board of regents of Midwestern State |
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University may charge each student enrolled at the university an |
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intercollegiate athletics fee in an amount not to exceed: |
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(1) the lesser of $10 per semester credit hour or $120 |
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for each regular semester or each summer session of more than six |
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weeks; or |
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(2) $60 for each summer session of six weeks or less. |
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(b) The fee may be used only to develop and maintain an |
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intercollegiate athletics program at the university. |
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(c) The amount of the fee may not be increased by more than |
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10 percent from one academic year to the next unless the increase |
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has been approved by a majority vote of the students enrolled at the |
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university who participate in a general student election called for |
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that purpose. |
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(d) 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 Midwestern State University intercollegiate |
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athletics fee account. |
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(e) 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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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, 2009. |