H.B. No. 1102
AN ACT
relating to certain student fees at Tarleton State University.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.521(e), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(e) The fee authorized by this section may not be increased
from one academic year to the next unless the increase has been
approved by a majority vote of the students at the affected
institution participating in a general election called for that
purpose, except that at Tarleton State University the fee may be
increased by not more than 10 percent from one academic year to the
next without holding an election. The fee may not exceed the
maximum amounts provided by Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. Section 54.539(c), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) The fee authorized by this section may not be increased
from one academic year to the next unless the increase has been
approved by a majority vote of the students at the affected
institution participating in a general election called for that
purpose, except that at Tarleton State University the fee may be
increased by not more than 10 percent from one academic year to the
next without holding an election. The fee may not exceed the
maximum amounts provided by Subsection (a).
SECTION 3. Subchapter E, Chapter 54, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 54.5394 to read as follows:
Sec. 54.5394. INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS FEE: TARLETON
STATE UNIVERSITY. (a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M
University System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on
each student enrolled at Tarleton State University in an amount not
to exceed $10 per semester credit hour.
(b) The amount of the fee imposed on a student in a semester
or session may not exceed the amount of the fee imposed on a student
enrolled in 13 semester credit hours during the same semester or
session.
(c) The fee may not be imposed unless approved by a majority
vote of the students of the university participating in a general
student election held for that purpose.
(d) The amount of the fee per semester credit hour may be
increased from one academic year to the next only if approved by a
majority vote of the legislative body of the student government of
the university. If the amount of the increase exceeds five percent,
the increase must also be approved by a majority vote of the
students of the university participating in a general student
election held for that purpose.
(e) A fee imposed under this section may be used to develop
and maintain an intercollegiate athletics program at the
university.
(f) A fee imposed under this section is in addition to any
other fee authorized by law and may not be considered in determining
the maximum amount of student services fees that may be imposed
under Section 54.503.
SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the 2005 fall
semester.
SECTION 5. 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, 2005.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1102 was passed by the House on May
13, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1102 was passed by the Senate on May
25, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor