HB2853 - Relating to student union building fees at The University of Texas at El Paso.

      H.B. No. 2853         AN ACT   relating to student union building fees at The University of Texas   at El Paso.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 54.535(a), Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  The board of regents of The University of Texas System   may levy a student union fee [ not to exceed $30 per student for each   regular semester or each summer session of six weeks or more, and   not to exceed $15 per student for each summer session of less than   six weeks, ] for the sole purpose of financing, constructing,   operating, maintaining, and improving a student union building for   The University of Texas at El Paso , including demolition of the   existing student union building ;  provided, however, that the fee   may not be increased to an amount that exceeds by at least 10   percent the amount of the fee levied during the preceding academic   year, [ above $15 per student for each regular semester or each   summer session of six weeks or more and $7.50 per student for each   summer session of less than six weeks ] unless the increase is   approved by a majority vote of [ those ] students enrolled at the   university participating in a general student election held for   that purpose .   A fee imposed under this section is [ The fees herein   authorized to be levied are ] in addition to any other [ use or   service ] fee the board is [ now or hereafter ] authorized by law to   impose [ be levied ].          SECTION 2.  Section 54.535, Education Code, as amended by   this Act, applies beginning with student union fees collected for   the 2026 spring semester.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 2853 was passed by the House on May 1,   2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 80, Nays 55, 1 present, not   voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.   No. 2853 on May 29, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 105, Nays 34,   1 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 2853 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 27, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays   4.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor