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