Texas Education Code

§ 54.513 — STUDENT SERVICE FEES; THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN

ED § 54.513Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL · Ch. 54. TUITION AND FEES · Art. E. OTHER FEES AND DEPOSITS

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(a)In this section:

(1)"student services" includes textbook rentals; recreational activities; health, hospital, and other medical services; group hospitalization; automobile parking privileges; intramural and intercollegiate athletics; artists and lecture series and other cultural entertainment; debating and oratorical activities; student publications; student government; student fees advisory committee; student transportation services; and any other student activities and services specifically authorized and approved by the board; the term does not include services for which a fee may be charged under the specific authority of any other section of this code;

(2)"compulsory fee" means a fee that is charged to all students enrolled in the university; and

(3)"voluntary fee" means a fee that is charged only to those students who make use of the student service for which the fee is established.

(b)Subject to Section 54.514 of this subchapter and subsections (j) and (k) of this section, the board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge and collect from students registered at The University of Texas at Austin fees to cover the cost of student services that the board considers necessary or desirable in carrying out the educational functions of the university.

(c)The board may make fees for a particular student service voluntary or compulsory.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 2055, ch. 378, Sec. 1. Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 67.211 and amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 901, Sec. 15, eff. Aug. 31, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 584, Sec. 107, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 910, Sec. 7; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 879, Sec. 2, eff. June 14, 2001.