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AN ACT
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relating to student union building fees at The University of Texas |
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at El Paso. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 54.535(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 $30 per student for each |
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regular semester or each summer session of six weeks or more, and |
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not to exceed $15 per student for each summer session of less than |
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six weeks,] for the sole purpose of financing, constructing, |
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operating, maintaining, and improving a student union building for |
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The University of Texas at El Paso, including demolition of the |
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existing student union building; provided, however, that the fee |
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may not be increased to an amount that exceeds by at least 10 |
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percent the amount of the fee levied during the preceding academic |
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year, [above $15 per student for each regular semester or each |
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summer session of six weeks or more and $7.50 per student for each |
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summer session of less than six weeks] unless the increase is |
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approved by a majority vote of [those] students enrolled at the |
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university participating in a general student election held for |
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that purpose. A fee imposed under this section is [The fees herein |
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authorized to be levied are] in addition to any other [use or |
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service] fee the board is [now or hereafter] authorized by law to |
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impose [be levied]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 54.535, Education Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies beginning with student union fees collected for |
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the 2026 spring semester. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2853 was passed by the House on May 1, |
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2025, by the following vote: Yeas 80, Nays 55, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2853 on May 29, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 105, Nays 34, |
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1 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2853 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 27, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |