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| 7 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 7 | | relating to an environmental service fee charged by an institution |
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| 10 | 8 | | of higher education. |
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| 11 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 54.5041(h), Education Code, is amended |
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| 13 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 12 | | (h) The fee may not be charged after the fifth academic year |
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| 15 | 13 | | in which the fee is first charged unless: |
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| 16 | 14 | | (1) [, before the end of that academic year,] the |
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| 17 | 15 | | institution has issued bonds payable in whole or in part from the |
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| 18 | 16 | | fee, in which event the fee may not be charged after the academic |
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| 19 | 17 | | year in which all such bonds, including refunding bonds for those |
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| 20 | 18 | | bonds, have been fully paid; or |
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| 21 | 19 | | (2) the continuation of the fee is approved every five |
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| 22 | 20 | | years by a majority vote of the students enrolled at the institution |
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| 23 | 21 | | who participate in a general student election called for that |
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| 24 | 22 | | purpose. |
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| 25 | 23 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 24 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 25 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 26 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 27 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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