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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to student buildings fees at The University of Texas at |
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Dallas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 54.531, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.531. STUDENT UNION BUILDINGS [BUILDING] FEES; THE |
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UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS. |
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SECTION 2. Section 54.531, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) 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 $100 [$60] per student |
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for each regular semester and not to exceed $50 [$40] 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 [a] |
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student union buildings [building] for The University of Texas at |
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Dallas. |
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(a-1) The amount of the fee levied under this section may |
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not be increased to an amount that exceeds by 10 percent or more the |
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amount of the fee levied during the preceding academic year[; |
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provided, however, that the fee may not be increased above $40 per |
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student for each regular semester and $26.67 per student for each |
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term of the summer session] unless the increase is approved by a |
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majority vote of [those] students enrolled at the university |
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participating in a general student election held for that purpose. |
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(a-2) The fee [fees herein] authorized to be levied under |
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this section is [are] in addition to any use or service fee [now or |
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hereafter] authorized to be levied. |
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SECTION 3. The heading to Section 54.5312, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.5312. STUDENT SERVICES BUILDINGS [BUILDING] FEE; |
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THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS. |
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SECTION 4. Section 54.5312(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System |
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may impose on each student enrolled at The University of Texas at |
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Dallas a student services buildings [building] fee for the sole |
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purpose of financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and |
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improving [a] student services buildings [building] at the |
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university. |
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SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply |
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beginning with fees imposed for the 2024 fall semester. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |