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By: Seliger |
S.B. No. 837 |
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(In the Senate - Filed February 13, 2017; February 27, 2017, |
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read first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education; |
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May 1, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 1, 2017, |
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sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 837 |
By: Seliger |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requirements for student elections to authorize or |
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increase certain fees at public institutions of higher education. |
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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 54.5001 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.5001. PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS FOR STUDENT FEE |
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ELECTIONS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter |
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or other law, a general student election held at a general academic |
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teaching institution under this subchapter for the purpose of |
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authorizing a student fee or approving an increase in the amount of |
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an existing student fee is not valid unless: |
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(1) at least 10 percent of the students enrolled at the |
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institution to whom the fee, or the increased amount of the fee, |
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would apply if currently in effect participate in the election; and |
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(2) at least 30 percent of the students participating |
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in the election are students enrolled in lower-division courses at |
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the institution. |
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SECTION 2. Section 54.5001, Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies only to an election held to authorize the |
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imposition of a fee or fee increase on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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