Tex. Educ. Code § 54.5401 · Subchapter E. OTHER FEES AND DEPOSITS
RECREATION AND WELLNESS FACILITY FEE; UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-CLEAR LAKE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board of regents of the University of Houston System may charge each student enrolled at the University of Houston-Clear Lake a recreation and wellness facility fee. The fee may be used only for the purpose of financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, improving, and equipping a recreation and wellness facility and for operating recreation and wellness programs at the University of Houston-Clear Lake.
(b) The recreation and wellness facility fee may not be charged unless the charging of the fee is approved by a majority vote of the students enrolled at the university participating in a general student election held for that purpose.
(c) The amount of a fee charged under this section may not exceed:
(1) $150 per student for each regular semester;
(2) $75 per student for each summer session of eight weeks or longer; or
(3) $50 per student for each term of the summer session of less than eight weeks.
(d) Revenue from a fee charged under this section shall be deposited to the credit of an account known as the University of Houston-Clear Lake Recreation and Wellness Facility Fee Account.
(e) The board of regents may increase the amount of a fee charged under this section, except that the board may not increase the amount of the fee to an amount that exceeds by more than 10 percent the amount of the fee charged during the preceding academic year unless the amount of the increase is approved by a majority vote of students enrolled at the university participating in a general student election held for that purpose.
(f) The recreation and wellness facility fee is not considered in determining the maximum amount of student services fees that may be charged under Section 54.503.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 659 (H.B. 2921), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2015.
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