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AN ACT
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relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at Stephen F. Austin |
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State University; authorizing imposition of a fee. |
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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 54.5202 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.5202. INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS FEE; STEPHEN F. |
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AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY. (a) The board of regents of Stephen F. |
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Austin State University may charge each student enrolled at the |
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university an intercollegiate athletics fee in an initial amount |
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not to exceed $10 per semester credit hour for each semester or |
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summer session. The amount of the fee may be increased only as |
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provided by Subsection (f). |
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(b) The board of regents may prorate the amount of the fee |
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for a summer session. |
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(c) A student enrolled in more than 15 semester credit hours |
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shall pay the fee in an amount equal to the amount imposed on a |
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student enrolled in 15 semester credit hours during the same |
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semester or session. |
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(d) Revenue from the fee charged under this section may be |
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used only for financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, or |
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improving an athletic facility or for operating an intercollegiate |
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athletics program at the university. |
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(e) The fee may not be charged unless approved by a majority |
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vote of the students enrolled at the university who participate in a |
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general student election held for that purpose. |
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(f) The amount of the fee per semester credit hour may be |
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increased from one academic year to the next only if approved by a |
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majority vote of the students participating in a general student |
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election held for that purpose or, if the amount of the increase |
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does not exceed five percent, by a majority vote of the legislative |
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body of the student government of the university. |
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(g) 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 intercollegiate athletics fee account. |
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(h) A fee charged under this section is not considered in |
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determining the maximum amount of student services fees that may be |
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charged each student enrolled at the university under Section |
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54.503. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 671 was passed by the House on April |
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16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 16, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 671 was passed by the Senate on May |
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19, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |