Bill Text: TX SB537 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to requiring the disclosure of special course fees at public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective immediately [SB537 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB537-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to requiring the disclosure of special course fees at public institutions of higher education.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective immediately [SB537 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB537-Comm_Sub.html
By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 537 | |
(In the Senate - Filed January 19, 2017; February 8, 2017, | ||
read first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education; | ||
April 27, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, | ||
Nays 0; April 27, 2017, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to requiring the disclosure of special course fees at | ||
public institutions of higher education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 54, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 54.0051 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 54.0051. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE OF COURSE FEES IN COURSE | ||
CATALOG. Each institution of higher education shall include in the | ||
institution's course catalog, for each course listed in the | ||
catalog, a description and the amount of any special course fee, | ||
including an online access fee or lab fee, to be charged | ||
specifically for the course. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 54.0051, Education Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies beginning with course catalogs published for the | ||
2018-2019 academic year. | ||
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, 2017. | ||
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