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| 8 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 9 | | relating to student union building fees at The University of Texas |
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| 11 | 10 | | at El Paso. |
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| 12 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 54.535, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 14 | 13 | | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1), (a-2), and |
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| 15 | 14 | | (a-3) to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 15 | | (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System |
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| 17 | 16 | | may levy a student union fee in an amount not to exceed $150 [$30] |
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| 18 | 17 | | per student for each semester or term of 10 [regular semester or |
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| 19 | 18 | | each summer session of six] weeks or more, and not to exceed $75 |
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| 20 | 19 | | [$15] per student for any other semester or term [each summer |
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| 21 | 20 | | session of less than six weeks], for the sole purpose of financing, |
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| 22 | 21 | | constructing, operating, maintaining, and improving a student |
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| 23 | 22 | | union building for The University of Texas at El Paso, including |
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| 24 | 23 | | demolition of the existing student union building; provided, |
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| 25 | 24 | | however, that the fee may not be increased to an amount that exceeds |
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| 26 | 25 | | by at least 10 percent the amount of the fee levied during the |
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| 27 | 26 | | preceding academic year, [above $15 per student for each regular |
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| 28 | 27 | | semester or each summer session of six weeks or more and $7.50 per |
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| 29 | 28 | | student for each summer session of less than six weeks] unless the |
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| 30 | 29 | | increase is approved by a majority vote of [those] students |
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| 31 | 30 | | enrolled at the university participating in a general student |
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| 32 | 31 | | election held for that purpose. The fees herein authorized to be |
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| 33 | 32 | | levied are in addition to any use or service fee now or hereafter |
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| 34 | 33 | | authorized to be levied. |
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| 35 | 34 | | (a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for a semester or |
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| 36 | 35 | | term before the 2026 fall semester, the amount of a fee levied under |
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| 37 | 36 | | this section may not exceed: |
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| 38 | 37 | | (1) $70 per student for a semester or term of 10 weeks |
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| 39 | 38 | | or more; or |
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| 40 | 39 | | (2) $35 per student for a semester or term not |
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| 41 | 40 | | described by Subdivision (1). |
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| 42 | 41 | | (a-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), for a semester or |
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| 43 | 42 | | term of the 2026-2027 academic year, the amount of a fee levied |
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| 44 | 43 | | under this section may not exceed: |
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| 45 | 44 | | (1) $120 per student for a semester or term of 10 weeks |
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| 46 | 45 | | or more; or |
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| 47 | 46 | | (2) $60 per student for a semester or term not |
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| 48 | 47 | | described by Subdivision (1). |
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| 49 | 48 | | (a-3) Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) and this subsection |
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| 50 | 49 | | expire September 1, 2027. |
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| 51 | 50 | | SECTION 2. Section 54.535, Education Code, as amended by |
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| 52 | 51 | | this Act, applies beginning with student union fees collected for |
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| 53 | 52 | | the 2026 spring semester. |
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| 54 | 53 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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