H.B. No. 2568
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to authorizing a student center fee at the University of
  Houston-Victoria.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 54, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 54.5405 to read as follows:
         Sec. 54.5405.  STUDENT CENTER FEE; UNIVERSITY OF
  HOUSTON-VICTORIA. (a)  The board of regents of the University of
  Houston System may impose on each student enrolled at the
  University of Houston-Victoria a student center fee to be used only
  for the purpose of financing, constructing, operating,
  maintaining, improving, and equipping a student center at the
  university. A fee imposed under this section is in addition to any
  use or service fee authorized to be imposed under other law.
         (b)  The amount of the initial fee imposed under this section
  must be approved by a majority vote of the students enrolled at the
  university participating in a general student election held for
  that purpose.
         (c)  The amount of a fee imposed under this section may not
  exceed:
               (1)  $150 per student for each regular semester;
               (2)  $100 per student for each summer session of 10
  weeks or longer; or
               (3)  $50 per student for each summer session of less
  than 10 weeks.
         (d)  Revenue from a fee imposed under this section shall be
  deposited to the credit of an account known as the "University of
  Houston-Victoria Student Center Fee Account" under the control of
  the university's student fee advisory committee. Annually, the
  committee shall submit to the president of the university its
  recommendation for any change to the amount of the fee and a
  complete and itemized budget for the student center together with a
  complete report of all student center activities conducted during
  the past year and all expenditures made in connection with those
  activities. The president shall submit the budget to the board of
  regents as part of the university's institutional budget. The
  board of regents may make changes in the budget that the board
  determines are necessary.
         (e)  The board of regents may increase the amount of a fee
  imposed under this section, except that the board may not increase
  the amount of the fee to an amount that exceeds by more than 10
  percent the amount of the fee imposed during the preceding academic
  year unless the amount of the increase is approved by a majority
  vote of students enrolled at the university participating in a
  general student election held for that purpose.
         (f)  For purposes of determining whether to waive the
  imposition of the fee as provided under Section 54.5035, a student
  is not reasonably able to use the student center for which a fee is
  imposed under this section if the student lives more than 50 miles
  outside the corporate limits of Victoria, Texas.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2568 was passed by the House on April
  16, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 130, Nays 16, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2568 was passed by the Senate on May
  24, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays 3.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor