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1		-	H.B. No. 1277
	1	+	By: Perez (Senate Sponsor - Miles) H.B. No. 1277
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2019;
	3	+	April 16, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher
	4	+	Education; May 13, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable
	5	+	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0;
	6	+	May 13, 2019, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1277 By: Powell
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	11	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	12		AN ACT
5	13		relating to authorizing a wellness and success center fee at the
6	14		University of Houston-Downtown.
7	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	16		SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 54, Education Code, is
9	17		amended by adding Section 54.5402 to read as follows:
10	18		Sec. 54.5402. WELLNESS AND SUCCESS CENTER FEE; UNIVERSITY
11	19		OF HOUSTON-DOWNTOWN. (a) The board of regents of the University of
12	20		Houston System may charge each student enrolled at the University
13	21		of Houston-Downtown a wellness and success center fee. The fee may
14	22		be used only for the purpose of financing, constructing, operating,
15	23		maintaining, improving, and equipping a wellness and success center
16	24		and for operating student wellness programs at the University of
17	25		Houston-Downtown.
18	26		(b) The wellness and success center fee may not be charged
19	27		unless the charging of the fee is approved by a majority vote of the
20	28		students enrolled at the university participating in a general
21	29		student election held for that purpose.
22	30		(c) The amount of a fee charged under this section may not
23	31		exceed:
24	32		(1) $150 per student for each regular semester;
25	33		(2) $75 per student for each summer session of eight
26	34		weeks or longer; or
27	35		(3) $50 per student for each term of the summer session
28	36		of less than eight weeks.
29	37		(d) Revenue from a fee charged under this section shall be
30	38		deposited to the credit of an account known as the University of
31	39		Houston-Downtown Wellness and Success Center Fee Account.
32	40		(e) The board of regents may increase the amount of a fee
33	41		charged under this section, except that the board may not increase
34	42		the amount of the fee to an amount that exceeds by more than 10
35	43		percent the amount of the fee charged during the preceding academic
36	44		year unless the amount of the increase is approved by a majority
37	45		vote of students enrolled at the university participating in a
38	46		general student election held for that purpose. The ballot
39	47		proposition for such an election must clearly state the amount of
40	48		the proposed fee increase and describe the reason for the proposed
41	49		fee increase.
42	50		(f) The wellness and success center fee is not considered in
43	51		determining the maximum amount of student services fees that may be
44	52		charged under Section 54.503.
45	53		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
46	54		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
47	55		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
48	56		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
49	57		Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
50		-	______________________________ ______________________________
51		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
52		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1277 was passed by the House on April
53		-	12, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 127, Nays 16, 2 present, not
54		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
55		-	No. 1277 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 123, Nays 19,
56		-	3 present, not voting.
57		-	______________________________
58		-	Chief Clerk of the House
59		-	I certify that H.B. No. 1277 was passed by the Senate, with
60		-	amendments, on May 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays
61		-	6.
62		-	______________________________
63		-	Secretary of the Senate
64		-	APPROVED: __________________
65		-	Date
66		-	__________________
67		-	Governor
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