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      87(R) SB 480 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
      
            S.B.  No.  480
         
               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(a), 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  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, 2021.
         
            ______________________________
            ______________________________
         
                  President of the Senate
            Speaker of the House          
         
                          I hereby certify that S.B.  No.  480 passed the Senate on 
         
            April  19,  2021, by the following vote:    Yeas  31, Nays  0.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Secretary of the Senate        
         
                          I hereby certify that S.B.  No.  480 passed the House on 
         
            May  24,  2021, by the following vote:    Yeas  100, Nays  42, one 
         
            present not voting.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Chief Clerk of the House      
         
            Approved:
         
            ______________________________  
         
                                    Date
         
            ______________________________  
         
                                Governor
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 54.526 Education Code
Senate Committee Report: 54.526 Education Code
Engrossed: 54.526 Education Code
House Committee Report: 54.526 Education Code
Enrolled: 54.526 Education Code




	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(a), 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 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, 2021.





	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House

	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 480 passed the Senate on
	April 19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.


	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate

	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 480 passed the House on
	May 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 100, Nays 42, one
	present not voting.


	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House



	Approved:

	______________________________
	Date


	______________________________
	Governor