H.B. No. 2718
AN ACT
relating to authorizing an increase in the student union fee at The
University of Texas at Arlington.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.529(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System
may levy a student union fee not to exceed $150 [$39] per student
for each regular semester and not to exceed $75 [$19.50] per student
for each term of the summer session, for the sole purpose of
financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and improving the
Student Union Building for The University of Texas at Arlington.
The [; provided, however, that the] fee may not be increased above
an amount previously levied [$15 per student for each regular
semester and $7.50 per student for each term of the summer session]
unless the increase is approved by a majority vote of those students
participating in a general election held at the university for that
purpose. The ballot proposition for such an election must clearly
state the amount of the proposed fee increase and describe the
reason for the proposed fee increase. The fees herein authorized to
be levied are in addition to any use or service fee now or hereafter
authorized to be levied.
SECTION 2. Section 54.529(a), Education Code, as amended by
this Act, applies beginning with fees imposed for 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. 2718 was passed by the House on May 3,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 107, Nays 33, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 2718 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 88, Nays 51,
3 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2718 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays
5.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor