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      87(R) HB 1271 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            87R6064 CXP-F
         
		By:  Coleman
            H.B.  No.  1271
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the student union fee at the University of Houston.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Section 54.526(a), Education Code, is amended to 
         
            read as follows:
         
                          (a)    The board of regents of the University of Houston System 
         
            may levy a student union fee, not to exceed $150 per student for 
         
            each regular semester and not to exceed $75 per student for each 
         
            term of the summer session.  The sole purpose of the fee is 
         
            financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, [and] improving, 
         
            and providing programming at a Student Union Building for the 
         
            University of Houston.  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    Section 54.526(c), Education Code, is repealed.
         
                          SECTION  3.    Section 54.526, Education Code, as amended by 
         
            this Act, applies to student fees imposed for a semester or term 
         
            beginning before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
         
                          SECTION  4.    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, 2021.
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 54.526 Education Code



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the student union fee at the University of Houston.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 54.526(a), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a) The board of regents of the University of Houston System
	may levy a student union fee, not to exceed $150 per student for
	each regular semester and not to exceed $75 per student for each
	term of the summer session. The sole purpose of the fee is
	financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, [~~and~~] improving,
	and providing programming at a Student Union Building for the
	University of Houston. 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 54.526(c), Education Code, is repealed.
	SECTION 3. Section 54.526, Education Code, as amended by
	this Act, applies to student fees imposed for a semester or term
	beginning before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 4. 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, 2021.