Sec. 54.509.  STUDENT RECREATION FEE;  TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY SYSTEM COMPONENTS.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (a-1) and if approved by student vote, the board of regents of the Texas Tech University System may charge each student enrolled at a component institution of the Texas Tech University System a recreation fee not to exceed $100 per semester or $50 per six-week summer term to be used to purchase equipment for and to finance, construct, operate, renovate, and maintain the student recreation facilities and programs at the institution.
(a-1)  The amount of a fee charged under Subsection (a) to students enrolled at Midwestern State University may not exceed $130 per semester or summer term of longer than six weeks or $65 per summer term of six weeks or less.
(b)  The fee may not be increased by more than 10 percent from one academic year to the next unless the increase is approved by:
(1)  a majority of students voting on the issue in a general student election called for that purpose; or
(2)  a majority vote of the student government at the institution.
(c)  The university shall collect the student recreation fee and shall deposit the money collected in an account known as the Student Recreation Account.
(d)  The student recreation fee is not counted in determining the maximum student services fee which may be charged under Section 54.503.
(e)  The board of regents may pledge the fees imposed under this section to pay obligations issued for authorized purposes pursuant to the revenue financing system of the Texas Tech University System.
Added by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 235, ch. 122, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 27, 1979.  Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 109.51 and amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 901, Sec. 11, eff. Aug. 31, 1987.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 100, Sec. 1, eff. May 11, 2001.
Amended by: 
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 417 (H.B. 1522), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2021.