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By: Turner of Tarrant (Senate Sponsor - West) |
H.B. No. 2718 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019; |
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May 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher |
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Education; May 19, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; |
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May 19, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2718 |
By: Powell |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing an increase in the student union fee at The |
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University of Texas at Arlington. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 54.529(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System |
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may levy a student union fee not to exceed $150 [$39] per student |
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for each regular semester and not to exceed $75 [$19.50] per student |
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for each term of the summer session, for the sole purpose of |
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financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and improving the |
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Student Union Building for The University of Texas at Arlington. |
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The [; provided, however, that the] fee may not be increased above |
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an amount previously levied [$15 per student for each regular
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semester and $7.50 per student for each term of the summer session] |
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unless the increase is approved by a majority vote of those students |
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participating in a general election held at the university for that |
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purpose. The ballot proposition for such an election must clearly |
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state the amount of the proposed fee increase and describe the |
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reason for the proposed fee increase. The fees herein authorized to |
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be levied are in addition to any use or service fee now or hereafter |
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authorized to be levied. |
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SECTION 2. Section 54.529(a), 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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