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AN ACT
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relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at Midwestern State |
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University. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 54, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 54.5442 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.5442. INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS FEE; MIDWESTERN |
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STATE UNIVERSITY. (a) The board of regents of Midwestern State |
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University may charge each student enrolled at the university an |
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intercollegiate athletics fee in an amount that, except as |
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authorized under Subsection (d), may not exceed: |
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(1) the lesser of $10 per semester credit hour or $120 |
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for each regular semester or each summer session of more than six |
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weeks; or |
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(2) $60 for each summer session of six weeks or less. |
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(b) The fee may not be charged unless approved by a majority |
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vote of the students enrolled at the university who participate in a |
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general student election held for that purpose. |
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(c) The fee may be used only to develop and maintain an |
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intercollegiate athletics program at the university. |
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(d) The board of regents may increase the amount of the fee |
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for a semester or summer session in excess of the applicable amount |
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provided by Subsection (a) if the increase: |
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(1) is approved by a majority vote of the students |
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enrolled at the university who participate in a general student |
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election called for that purpose; or |
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(2) does not exceed 10 percent of the amount of the fee |
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charged for the same semester or summer session in the preceding |
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academic year. |
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(e) The chief fiscal officer of the university shall collect |
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the fee and shall deposit the revenue from the fee in an account to |
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be known as the Midwestern State University intercollegiate |
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athletics fee account. |
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(f) The fee is not considered in determining the maximum |
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amount of student services fees that may be charged under Section |
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54.503. |
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(g) A fee may not be charged after the fifth academic year in |
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which the fee is first charged unless, before the end of that |
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academic year, the institution of higher education has issued bonds |
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payable from the fee, in which event the fee may not be charged |
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after the academic year in which all such bonds, including |
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refunding bonds for those bonds, have been fully paid. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to fees imposed for a semester or term that begins on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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______________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 256 passed the Senate on |
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April 29, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 256 passed the House on |
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May 15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, one |
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present not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |