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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 A&M |
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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 54.5399, to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.5399. INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS FEE; TEXAS A&M |
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UNIVERSITY. (a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University |
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System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student |
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enrolled at Texas A&M University. The fee may not be imposed unless |
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approved by a majority vote of the students participating in a |
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general student election held at the university for that purpose. |
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(b) The amount of the fee may not exceed $4 per semester |
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credit hour for each semester with a duration of 12 weeks or more, |
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unless the amount is increased as provided by Subsection (c). |
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(c) The amount of the fee may not be increased to an amount |
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that exceeds by 10 percent or more the total amount of the fee as |
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last approved by a student vote under Subsection (a) or this |
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subsection unless the increase is approved by a majority vote of the |
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students participating in a general student election held for that |
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purpose. |
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(d) The amount of the fee imposed on a student in a semester |
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with a duration of 12 weeks or more may not exceed the amount of the |
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fee imposed on a student enrolled in 15 semester credit hours during |
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the same semester. |
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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 amount of student services fees that may be imposed under |
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Section 54.503(b). |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a fee 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, 2011. |