Bill Text: TX HB2718 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to authorizing an increase in the student union fee at The University of Texas at Arlington.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2718 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2718-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2718 |
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relating to authorizing an increase in the student union fee at The | ||
University of Texas at Arlington. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 54.529(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System | ||
may levy a student union fee not to exceed $150 [ |
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for each regular semester and not to exceed $75 [ |
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for each term of the summer session, for the sole purpose of | ||
financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and improving the | ||
Student Union Building for The University of Texas at Arlington. | ||
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an amount previously levied [ |
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unless the increase is approved by a majority vote of those students | ||
participating in a general election held at the university for that | ||
purpose. The ballot proposition for such an election must clearly | ||
state the amount of the proposed fee increase and describe the | ||
reason for the proposed fee increase. The fees herein authorized to | ||
be levied are in addition to any use or service fee now or hereafter | ||
authorized to be levied. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 54.529(a), 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. 2718 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 107, Nays 33, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2718 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 88, Nays 51, | ||
3 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2718 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
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Governor |