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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and |
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(a-3) to 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 in an amount not to exceed $150 [$30] |
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per student for each semester or term of 10 [regular semester or |
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each summer session of six] weeks or more, and not to exceed $75 |
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[$15] per student for any other semester or term [each summer |
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session of less than six weeks], for the sole purpose of financing, |
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constructing, operating, maintaining, and improving a student |
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union building for The University of Texas at El Paso, including |
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demolition of the existing student union building; provided, |
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however, that the fee may not be increased to an amount that exceeds |
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by at least 10 percent the amount of the fee levied during the |
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preceding academic year, [above $15 per student for each regular |
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semester or each summer session of six weeks or more and $7.50 per |
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student for each summer session of less than six weeks] unless the |
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increase is approved by a majority vote of [those] students |
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enrolled at the university participating in a general student |
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election held for that purpose. The fees herein authorized to be |
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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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(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for a semester or |
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term before the 2026 fall semester, the amount of a fee levied under |
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this section may not exceed: |
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(1) $70 per student for a semester or term of 10 weeks |
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or more; or |
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(2) $35 per student for a semester or term not |
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described by Subdivision (1). |
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(a-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for a semester or |
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term of the 2026-2027 academic year, the amount of a fee levied |
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under this section may not exceed: |
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(1) $120 per student for a semester or term of 10 weeks |
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or more; or |
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(2) $60 per student for a semester or term not |
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described by Subdivision (1). |
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(a-3) Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) and this subsection |
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expire September 1, 2027. |
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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. |