Bill Text: TX SB537 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
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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-Engrossed.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-Engrossed.html
| By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 537 | |
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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. | ||
