Texas Education Code
§ 54.5191 — INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS FEE; UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS
ED § 54.5191Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL · Ch. 54. TUITION AND FEES · Art. E. OTHER FEES AND DEPOSITS
Statute text
View on source(a)The board of regents of the University of North Texas System may charge each student enrolled at the University of North Texas an intercollegiate athletics fee in an amount not to exceed $10 per semester credit hour for each semester or summer session unless the amount is increased as provided by Subsection (g).
(b)A student enrolled in more than 15 semester credit hours shall pay the fee in an amount equal to the amount imposed on a student enrolled in 15 semester credit hours during the same semester or session.
(c)The fee may not be charged before the first semester a new football stadium is available for use at the university.
(d)If compulsory student services fees are charged to students enrolled at the university under Section 54.503, the total amount of those fees charged to a student shall be reduced by $3 per semester credit hour for the first semester in which an intercollegiate athletics fee is charged under this section.
(e)Revenue from the fee charged under this section may be used only for financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, or improving an athletic facility or for operating an intercollegiate athletics program at the university.
(f)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. The ballot for the election to approve the fee must state a maximum amount of the fee that may be charged per semester credit hour, not to exceed the maximum amount prescribed by Subsection (a).
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Legislative history
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1236 (S.B. 1296), Sec. 5.0045, eff. September 1, 2015.