Bill Text: TX HB4182 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at the University of North Texas at Dallas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB4182 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4182-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 4182 |
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relating to an intercollegiate athletics fee at the University of | ||
North Texas at Dallas. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 54, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 54.5192 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 54.5192. INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS FEE; UNIVERSITY OF | ||
NORTH TEXAS AT DALLAS. (a) The board of regents of the University | ||
of North Texas System may charge each student enrolled at the | ||
University of North Texas at Dallas an intercollegiate athletics | ||
fee in an initial amount not to exceed $10 per semester credit hour | ||
for each regular semester or summer session. The amount of the fee | ||
may be increased only as provided by Subsection (e). | ||
(b) A student enrolled in more than 12 semester credit hours | ||
shall pay the fee in an amount equal to the amount charged a student | ||
enrolled in 12 semester credit hours during the same semester or | ||
session. | ||
(c) Revenue from the fee charged under this section may be | ||
used only to develop and maintain an intercollegiate athletics | ||
program at the university. | ||
(d) The fee may not be charged unless approved by a majority | ||
vote of the students enrolled at the university who participate in a | ||
general student election held for that purpose. | ||
(e) The amount of the fee per semester credit hour may be | ||
increased from one academic year to the next only if approved by a | ||
majority vote of the students participating in a general student | ||
election held for that purpose or, if the amount of the increase | ||
does not exceed five percent, by a majority vote of the legislative | ||
body of the student government of the university. | ||
(f) The ballot proposition for an election to approve a | ||
proposed initial fee under Subsection (d) or a proposed fee | ||
increase under Subsection (e) must: | ||
(1) clearly state the amount of the proposed fee or fee | ||
increase, as applicable; and | ||
(2) describe the reason for the proposed fee or fee | ||
increase, as applicable. | ||
(g) A fee charged under this section is in addition to any | ||
other fee authorized by law and may not be considered in determining | ||
the maximum amount of student services fees that may be charged each | ||
student enrolled at the university under Section 54.503. | ||
SECTION 2. A fee may not be charged under Section 54.5192, | ||
Education Code, as added by this Act, before 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. 4182 was passed by the House on April | ||
26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 118, Nays 21, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 4182 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 94, Nays 48, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 4182 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays | ||
4. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |