Sec. 54.540.  STUDENT CENTER FEE, UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-CLEAR LAKE.  (a)  The Board of Regents of the University of Houston System may levy and collect a student center fee, not to exceed $40 per student for each regular semester and not to exceed $20 per student for each term of the summer session for the sole purpose of financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and improving a student center for the University of Houston-Clear Lake.  The fees herein authorized to be levied are in addition to any use or service fee now or hereafter authorized to be levied.  The student center fee initially levied shall be in an amount approved by a majority vote of the students voting in an election called for that purpose.
(b)  The student center fees shall be deposited to an account known as The University of Houston-Clear Lake Student Center Fee Account and shall be placed under the control of and subject to the order of the University Life Council.  The council shall annually submit to the board of regents a complete and itemized budget, a recommended fee level, and a complete report of all activities conducted during the past year and all expenditures made incident thereto.  The board of regents shall make such changes in the budget as it deems necessary before approving the budget.
(c)  The board of regents may increase the student center fee levied under this section.  However, if the increase is more than 10 percent above the previous fiscal year's fee, it must be approved by a majority of students voting in an election called for that purpose.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 848, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 26, 1991.  Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 54.537 by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 14, Sec. 8.01(8), eff. Nov. 12, 1991.