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AN ACT
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relating to the recreational facility fee at The University of |
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Texas at El Paso. |
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�������BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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�������SECTION�1.��Section 54.541, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsections (a-1) and |
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(a-2) to read as follows: |
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�������(a)��The board of regents of The University of Texas System |
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may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at El |
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Paso a recreational facility fee [not to exceed $12 per student per
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semester or summer session]. The fee may be used only for financing, |
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constructing, operating, maintaining, and improving new and |
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existing recreational sports facilities and programs at The |
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University of Texas at El Paso. |
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�������(a-1)��A fee imposed under this section may not exceed: |
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�������������(1)��$70 per student for a term or semester of 10 weeks |
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or longer; or |
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�������������(2)��$50 per student for any other term or semester. |
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�������(a-2)��Notwithstanding Subsection (a-1), for a term or |
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semester before the 2009 fall semester, a fee imposed under this |
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section may not exceed $20 per student for a semester or summer |
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session. This subsection expires September 1, 2009. |
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�������(c)��The recreational facility fee may not be increased |
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[levied] unless the amount of the increase [fee] is approved [and
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the amount of the fee is set] by a majority vote of those students |
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participating in a general student election called at The |
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University of Texas at El Paso for that purpose. |
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�������SECTION�2.��The change in law made by this Act applies to |
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fees charged beginning with the 2007 fall semester. �A fee charged |
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for a term or semester before the 2007 fall semester is covered by |
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the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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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, 2007. |
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______________________________ |
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���President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House����� |
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�������I certify that H.B. No. 868 was passed by the House on April |
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27, 2007, by the following vote:��Yeas 133, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House��� |
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�������I certify that H.B. No. 868 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2007, by the following vote:��Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate���� |
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APPROVED:��_____________________ |
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�����������������Governor������� |