H.B. No. 1439
AN ACT
relating to the intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas A&M
University--San Antonio; authorizing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 54, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 54.53971 to read as follows:
Sec. 54.53971. INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS FEES; TEXAS A&M
UNIVERSITY--SAN ANTONIO. (a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M
University System may impose on each student enrolled at Texas A&M
University--San Antonio an intercollegiate athletics fee in an
amount not to exceed $10 per semester credit hour for each regular
semester or summer session unless the amount of the fee is increased
as provided by Subsection (c).
(b) The fee may not be imposed unless approved by a majority
vote of the students of the university who participate in a general
student election held for that purpose.
(c) The amount of the fee per semester credit hour may be
increased from one academic year to the next only if approved by a
majority vote of the students participating in a general student
election held for that purpose or, if the amount of the increase
does not exceed five percent, by a majority vote of the legislative
body of the student government of the university.
(d) A student enrolled in more than 12 semester credit hours
shall pay the fee in an amount equal to the amount imposed on a
student enrolled in 12 semester credit hours during the same
semester or session.
(e) A fee imposed under this section may be used to develop
and maintain an intercollegiate athletics program at the
university.
(f) A fee imposed under this section is in addition to any
other fee authorized by law and may not be considered in determining
the amount of student services fees that may be imposed under
Section 54.503.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2019 fall
semester.
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, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1439 was passed by the House on April
26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 115, Nays 4, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1439 was passed by the Senate on May
15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor