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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to authorizing a recreation and wellness center fee at the |
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University of 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 54.5406 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.5406. RECREATION AND WELLNESS CENTER FEE; |
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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-VICTORIA. (a) The board of regents of the |
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University of Houston System may charge each student enrolled at |
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the University of Houston-Victoria a recreation and wellness center |
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fee. The fee may be used only for the purpose of financing, |
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constructing, operating, maintaining, improving, and equipping a |
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recreation and wellness center at the University of |
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Houston-Victoria. A fee charged under this section is in addition |
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to any use or service fee authorized to be charged under other law. |
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(b) The recreation and wellness center fee may not be |
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charged unless the charging of the fee is approved by a majority |
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vote of the students enrolled at the university participating in a |
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general student election held for that purpose. |
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(c) The amount of a fee charged 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 charged 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 Recreation and Wellness Center Fee Account under |
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the control of the university's student fee advisory committee. |
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Annually, the committee shall submit to the president of the |
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university its recommendation for any change to the amount of the |
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fee and a complete and itemized budget for the recreation and |
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wellness center together with a complete report of all recreation |
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and wellness center activities conducted during the past year and |
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all expenditures made in connection with those activities. The |
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president shall submit the budget to the board of regents as part of |
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the university's institutional budget. The board of regents may |
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make changes in the budget that the board determines are necessary. |
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(e) The board of regents may increase the amount of a fee |
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charged under this section, except that a fee increase by 10 percent |
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or more of the amount of the fee charged during the preceding |
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academic year must be approved by a majority vote of students |
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enrolled at the university participating in a general student |
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election held for that purpose. |
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(f) The recreation and wellness center fee is not considered |
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in determining the maximum amount of student services fees that may |
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be charged under Section 54.503. |
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(g) 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 recreation and wellness center for |
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which a fee is imposed under this section if the student lives more |
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than 50 miles 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, 2019. |