Sec. 54.533.  STUDENT UNION FEES;  THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN.  (a)  The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose a student union fee for the sole purpose of financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and improving a student union facility for The University of Texas of the Permian Basin.  The amount of the fee may not exceed $50 per student for each regular semester and may not exceed $39 per student for each regular semester unless the amount is approved by a majority vote of the students participating in a general student election held for that purpose.  The fee is in addition to any other fee authorized to be imposed.  The board of regents may prorate the amount of the fee for a summer session.
(b)  Revenue collected from the fee shall be deposited to an account known as The University of Texas of the Permian Basin student union fee account and shall be placed under the control of and subject to the order of the student union advisory committee.  The committee shall annually submit to the president of the university a complete itemized budget and a complete report of all activities conducted during the preceding year and all expenditures made in connection with those activities.  The president shall submit the budget to the board of regents as part of the institutional budget.  The board of regents shall make changes in the budget as the board considers necessary before approving the budget and shall then impose the fee, within the limits provided by this section, in amounts sufficient to meet the budgetary needs of the student union facility.
(c)  The board of regents may pledge fees imposed under this section to pay obligations issued pursuant to the revenue financing system of The University of Texas System.
(d)  A fee may not be imposed under this section in a semester in which the student union facility is not available for student use.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 9, Sec. 1, eff. April 30, 1999.