H.B. No. 2680
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the student recreational facility fee at The University
  of Texas at Tyler.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 54.5341(b) and (f), Education Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Unless a higher amount is approved under Subsection (f),
  the [The] amount of the fee may not exceed:
               (1)  $40 per student for each regular semester;
               (2)  $30 per student for each summer session of 12 weeks
  or longer;
               (3)  $15 per student for each summer session of six
  weeks or more but less than 12 weeks; and
               (4)  $10 per student for each summer session that is
  shorter than six weeks.
         (f)  The board may not increase the amount of the
  recreational facility fee unless the amount of the increase is
  approved by a majority vote of the students participating in a
  general student election held at the university for that purpose.
  The ballot proposition for an election under this subsection must
  clearly state the amount of the proposed fee increase and describe
  the reason for the proposed fee increase.
         SECTION 2.  Section 54.5341, Education Code, as amended by
  this Act, applies beginning with fees imposed for the 2019 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, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2680 was passed by the House on April
  12, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 130, Nays 13, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2680 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays 3.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor