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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing a student center fee at the University of |
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Houston-Victoria. |
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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 54.5405 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.5405. STUDENT CENTER FEE; UNIVERSITY OF |
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HOUSTON-VICTORIA. (a) The board of regents of the University of |
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Houston System may impose on each student enrolled at the |
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University of Houston-Victoria a student center fee to be used only |
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for the purpose of financing, constructing, operating, |
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maintaining, improving, and equipping a student center at the |
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university. A fee imposed under this section is in addition to any |
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use or service fee authorized to be imposed under other law. |
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(b) The amount of the initial fee imposed under this section |
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must be approved by a majority vote of the students enrolled at the |
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university participating in a general student election held for |
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that purpose. |
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(c) The amount of a fee imposed under this section may not |
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exceed: |
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(1) $150 per student for each regular semester; |
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(2) $100 per student for each summer session of 10 |
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weeks or longer; or |
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(3) $50 per student for each summer session of less |
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than 10 weeks. |
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(d) Revenue from a fee imposed under this section shall be |
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deposited to the credit of an account known as the "University of |
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Houston-Victoria Student Center Fee Account" under the control of |
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the university's student fee advisory committee. Annually, the |
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committee shall submit to the president of the university its |
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recommendation for any change to the amount of the fee and a |
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complete and itemized budget for the student center together with a |
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complete report of all student center activities conducted during |
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the past year and all expenditures made in connection with those |
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activities. The president shall submit the budget to the board of |
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regents as part of the university's institutional budget. The |
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board of regents may make changes in the budget that the board |
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determines are necessary. |
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(e) The board of regents may increase the amount of a fee |
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imposed under this section, except that the board may not increase |
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the amount of the fee to an amount that exceeds by more than 10 |
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percent the amount of the fee imposed during the preceding academic |
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year unless the amount of the increase is approved by a majority |
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vote of students enrolled at the university participating in a |
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general student election held for that purpose. |
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(f) For purposes of determining whether to waive the |
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imposition of the fee as provided under Section 54.5035, a student |
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is not reasonably able to use the student center for which a fee is |
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imposed under this section if the student lives more than 50 miles |
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outside the corporate limits of Victoria, Texas. |
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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. 2568 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. 2568 was passed by the Senate on May |
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24, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 3. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |