S.B. No. 537
AN ACT
relating to requiring the disclosure of special course fees at
public institutions of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 54, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 54.0051 to read as follows:
Sec. 54.0051. DISCLOSURE OF COURSE FEES IN COURSE CATALOG.
Each institution of higher education shall include in the
institution's online course catalog, for each course listed in the
catalog, a description and the amount of any special course fee,
including an online access fee or lab fee, to be charged
specifically for the course. If the institution publishes a paper
course catalog, the institution may publish any fees specifically
charged for each course using the amounts charged in the most recent
academic year.
SECTION 2. Section 54.0051, Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies beginning with course catalogs published for the
2018-2019 academic year.
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, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 537 passed the Senate on
May 3, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the
Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2017, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 537 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146,
Nays 0, two present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor