88R2103 KJE-D
By: Cain H.B. No. 547
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to tuition and fee bills or billing statements provided to
students by public institutions of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.015, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 54.015. BILLING AND NOTIFICATION FOR TUITION AND FEES.
(a) An institution of higher education shall provide to each
student enrolled at the institution for a semester or term a tuition
and fee bill or other billing statement for that semester or term.
The bill or statement must:
(1) state the total amount of all tuition and fees
charged to the student for the semester or term; and
(2) include an itemized list of:
(A) the tuition and each fee charged to the
student by the institution for each course in which the student is
enrolled for that semester or term; and
(B) each other fee charged to the student by the
institution for that semester or term.
(b) For billing and catalogue purposes, each governing
board shall accumulate all the tuition that it charges under this
chapter into one tuition charge.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies
beginning with the 2023 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, 2023.