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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the intercollegiate athletics fee at Prairie View A&M |
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University; authorizing an increase in the fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 54.5393(a) and (b), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System |
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may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student |
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enrolled at Prairie View A&M University in an amount not to exceed |
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$12.60 [$10] per semester credit hour, unless the amount is |
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increased as provided by Subsection (b). |
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(b) The amount of the fee per semester credit hour may be |
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increased from one academic year to the next if: |
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(1) the increase is approved by a majority vote of the |
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students participating in a general student election held at the |
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university for that purpose; or |
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(2) the amount of the increase does not exceed five |
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percent and is approved by a majority vote of the legislative body |
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of the student government of the university [imposed on a student in
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a semester or session may not exceed the amount of the fee imposed
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on a student enrolled in 15 semester credit hours during the same
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semester or session]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 54.5393(f), Education Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act by amending |
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Section 54.5393, Education Code, applies only to a fee imposed for a |
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semester that begins on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. 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, 2013. |