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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at the University of |
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North Texas at Dallas. |
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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 54.5192 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.5192. INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS FEE; UNIVERSITY OF |
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NORTH TEXAS AT DALLAS. (a) The board of regents of the University |
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of North Texas System may charge each student enrolled at the |
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University of North Texas at Dallas an intercollegiate athletics |
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fee in an initial amount not to exceed $10 per semester credit hour |
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for each semester or summer session. The amount of the fee may be |
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increased only as provided by Subsection (e). |
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(b) A student enrolled in more than 12 semester credit hours |
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shall pay the fee in an amount equal to the amount charged a student |
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enrolled in 12 semester credit hours during the same semester or |
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session. |
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(c) Revenue from the fee charged under this section may be |
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used only for financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, or |
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improving an athletic facility or for operating an intercollegiate |
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athletics program at the university. |
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(d) The fee may not be charged unless approved by a majority |
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vote of the students enrolled at the university who participate in a |
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general student election held for that purpose. The ballot for the |
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election to approve the fee must state a maximum amount of the fee |
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that may be charged per semester credit hour, not to exceed the |
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maximum amount prescribed by Subsection (a). |
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(e) The amount of the fee per semester credit hour may be |
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increased from one academic year to the next only if approved by a |
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majority vote of the students participating in a general student |
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election held for that purpose or, if the amount of the increase |
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does not exceed five percent, by a majority vote of the legislative |
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body of the student government of the university. |
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(f) The chief fiscal officer of the university shall collect |
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the fee and shall deposit the revenue from the fee in an account to |
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be known as the intercollegiate athletics fee account. |
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(g) A fee charged under this section is in addition to any |
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other fee authorized by law and may not be considered in determining |
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the maximum amount of student services fees that may be charged each |
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student enrolled at the university under Section 54.503. |
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SECTION 2. A fee may not be charged under Section 54.5192, |
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Education Code, as added by this Act, before the 2020 fall semester. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |