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AN ACT
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relating to the intercollegiate athletics fee at Prairie View A&M |
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University; authorizing an increase in the fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsections (a), (b), and (f), Section 54.5393, |
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Education Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System |
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may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student |
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enrolled at Prairie View A&M University in an amount not to exceed |
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$12.60 [$10] per semester credit hour, unless the amount is |
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increased as provided by Subsection (b). |
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(b) The amount of the fee per semester credit hour may be |
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increased from one academic year to the next if: |
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(1) the increase is approved by a majority vote of the |
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students participating in a general student election held at the |
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university for that purpose; or |
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(2) the amount of the increase does not exceed five |
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percent and is approved by a majority vote of the legislative body |
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of the student government of the university [imposed on a student in
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a semester or session may not exceed the amount of the fee imposed
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on a student enrolled in 15 semester credit hours during the same
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semester or session]. |
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(f) This section expires September 1, 2018 [2013], except |
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that this section does not expire if before the end of the 2017-2018 |
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[2012-2013] academic year the board of regents issues bonds that |
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are payable wholly or partly from the fee. If the board of regents |
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issues bonds as described by this subsection, the fee authorized by |
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this section may not be imposed in any semester or session beginning |
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after the date on which all of those bonds, including refunding |
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bonds for the bonds, have been fully paid. |
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SECTION 2. Subsections (a) and (b), Section 54.5393, |
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Education Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to a fee imposed |
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for a semester that begins on or after the effective date of this |
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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, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1145 passed the Senate on |
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May 2, 2013, 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. 1145 passed the House on |
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May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 2, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |