Sec. 54.5343.  STUDENT UNION FEE; THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER.  (a)  If authorized under Subsection (b), the board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose on each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Tyler a student union fee for the purpose of providing revenue for financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, renovating, improving, or equipping a student union building for the university.  The fee may not  exceed:
(1)  $100 per student for each semester or each summer session of more than six weeks; or
(2)  $50 per student for each summer session of six weeks or less.
(b)  The board of regents may not impose a student union fee under this section unless imposition of the fee is approved by a majority of the university's students voting in a general student election called for that purpose.  The board of regents may not increase the amount of the student union fee under this section by more than 10 percent from one academic year to the next unless the amount of the increase is approved by a majority of the university's students voting in a general student election called for that purpose.
(c)  The fiscal officer of The University of Texas at Tyler shall collect the fees imposed under this section and shall credit the money received from the fees to an account known as The University of Texas at Tyler student union fee account.  The money in the account may be used only for the purposes provided by Subsection (a) 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 and itemized budget  accompanied by a full and 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 the changes in the budget as the board considers necessary before approving the budget and shall impose the fees in an amount sufficient to meet the budgetary needs of the student union, subject to Subsection (b).
(d)  The board of regents may pledge revenue from the fees imposed under this section to pay obligations issued for authorized purposes pursuant to the revenue financing system of The University of Texas System.
(e)  A student union fee imposed under this section is in addition to any other fee the board of regents is authorized by law to impose and may not be considered in determining the maximum student services fee that may be imposed under Section 54.503(b).
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 608 (H.B. 2108), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.