| TO: | Honorable Judith Zaffirini, Chair, Senate Committee on Higher Education |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB2961 by Coleman (Relating to authorizing an increase in the student union fee at the University of Houston.), As Engrossed |
Under provisions of the bill, the University of Houston System may levy a student union fee in an amount not to exceed $150 per student for each regular semester or $75 per student for each summer session. Under current law the university may levy a student union fee in an amount not to exceed $35 per student for each regular semester or $17.50 for each summer session. The fee is used for financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and improving a Student Union for the University of Houston.
The University estimates that if the fee was collected at the maximum rate provided for under the bill revenue generated would be approximately $12.1 million per year, a $9.3 million increase over fiscal year 2009. An increase in the fee from one academic year to the next must be approved by a majority vote of the students voting in an election called for that purpose or by a majority vote of the student government.
| Source Agencies: | 783 University of Houston System Administration
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, KK, RT, SSh, SK
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