Bill Text: TX HB2921 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to authorizing a recreation and wellness facility fee at the University of Houston-Clear Lake.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2015-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB2921 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2921-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2921 | ||
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| relating to authorizing a recreation and wellness facility fee at | ||
| the University of Houston-Clear Lake. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 54, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 54.5401 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 54.5401. RECREATION AND WELLNESS FACILITY FEE; | ||
| UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-CLEAR LAKE. (a) The board of regents of the | ||
| University of Houston System may charge each student enrolled at | ||
| the University of Houston-Clear Lake a recreation and wellness | ||
| facility fee. The fee may be used only for the purpose of financing, | ||
| constructing, operating, maintaining, improving, and equipping a | ||
| recreation and wellness facility and for operating recreation and | ||
| wellness programs at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. | ||
| (b) The recreation and wellness facility fee may not be | ||
| charged unless the charging of the fee is 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 charged under this section may not | ||
| exceed: | ||
| (1) $150 per student for each regular semester; | ||
| (2) $75 per student for each summer session of eight | ||
| weeks or longer; or | ||
| (3) $50 per student for each term of the summer session | ||
| of less than eight weeks. | ||
| (d) Revenue from a fee charged under this section shall be | ||
| deposited to the credit of an account known as the University of | ||
| Houston-Clear Lake Recreation and Wellness Facility Fee Account. | ||
| (e) The board of regents may increase the amount of a fee | ||
| charged 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 charged 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) The recreation and wellness facility fee is not | ||
| considered in determining the maximum amount of student services | ||
| fees that may be charged under Section 54.503. | ||
| 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. 2921 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 5, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2921 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 25, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
