Bill Text: TX HB3741 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 3741 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas A&M University.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-23 - Referred to Higher Education [HB3741 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB3741-Introduced.html



	By: Brown	H.B. No. 3741



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at Texas A&M
	University.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 54, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 54.5399, to read as follows:
	Sec. 54.5399. INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS FEE; TEXAS A&M
	UNIVERSITY. (a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University
	System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student
	enrolled at Texas A&M University. The fee may not be imposed unless
	approved by a majority vote of the students participating in a
	general student election held at the university for that purpose.
	(b) The amount of the fee may not exceed $4 per semester
	credit hour for each semester with a duration of 12 weeks or more,
	unless the amount is increased as provided by Subsection (c).
	(c) The amount of the fee may not be increased to an amount
	that exceeds by 10 percent or more the total amount of the fee as
	last approved by a student vote under Subsection (a) or this
	subsection unless the increase is approved by a majority vote of the
	students participating in a general student election held for that
	purpose.
	(d) The amount of the fee imposed on a student in a semester
	with a duration of 12 weeks or more may not exceed the amount of the
	fee imposed on a student enrolled in 15 semester credit hours during
	the same semester.
	(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 amount of student services fees that may be imposed under
	Section 54.503(b).
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to a fee imposed for a semester or term that begins on or after the
	effective date of this Act.
	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, 2011.