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AN ACT
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relating to the student recreational facility fee at The University |
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of Texas at Tyler. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 54.5341(b) and (f), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Unless a higher amount is approved under Subsection (f), |
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the [The] amount of the fee may not exceed: |
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(1) $40 per student for each regular semester; |
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(2) $30 per student for each summer session of 12 weeks |
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or longer; |
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(3) $15 per student for each summer session of six |
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weeks or more but less than 12 weeks; and |
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(4) $10 per student for each summer session that is |
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shorter than six weeks. |
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(f) The board may not increase the amount of the |
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recreational facility fee unless the amount of the increase is |
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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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The ballot proposition for an election under this subsection must |
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clearly state the amount of the proposed fee increase and describe |
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the reason for the proposed fee increase. |
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SECTION 2. Section 54.5341, Education Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies beginning with fees imposed for the 2019 fall |
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semester. |
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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, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2680 was passed by the House on April |
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12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 13, 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. 2680 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |