83R8349 AED-D
By: Otto H.B. No. 2491
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the student center fee at component institutions of the
Texas State University System; increasing the amount of the fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 54.523(a) and (b), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) The [To the extent approved by the students under
Subsection (b) of this section, the] board of regents of the Texas
State University System may charge each student enrolled in a
university or other educational institution [center] under its
authority a student center fee not to exceed $200 [$100] per
semester or $75 [$50] per summer term of six weeks or less to be used
to construct, operate, maintain, improve, and program a student
center at the university or other educational institution [center]
at which the student is enrolled.
(b) The board may increase the amount of the student center
fee authorized by this section within the limits specified by
Subsection (a) but may not increase the amount by more than 10
percent from one academic year to the next unless the increase is
approved by a majority vote of those students participating in a
general election called for that purpose [decision to levy a
student center fee, the amount of the initial fee, and an increase
in the fee must be approved by a majority vote of those students
participating in a general election called for that purpose;
provided that this requirement shall not apply to the decision to
levy a student center fee or the amount of the initial fee approved
by the board prior to the effective date of this section].
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
54.523, Education Code, apply only to fees imposed for a semester or
term that begins on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.