Sec. 54.526. STUDENT FEES FOR UNIVERSITY CENTERS; THE UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON. (a) The board of regents of the University of Houston System may levy a student union fee, not to exceed $150 per student for each regular semester and not to exceed $75 per student for each term of the summer session. The sole purpose of the fee is financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, improving, and providing programming at a Student Union Building for the University of Houston. The fees herein authorized to be levied are in addition to any use or service fee now or hereafter authorized to be levied.
(b) Such fees shall be deposited to an account known as "The University of Houston Center Fee Account" and shall be placed under the control of and subject to the order of the student fees advisory committee established under Section 54.5062. The committee shall annually submit to the president of the University of Houston a complete and itemized budget to be accompanied by a full and 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. The board shall then levy the fees, within the limits herein fixed, in such amounts as will be sufficient to meet the budgetary needs of the University Center Building. An increase in the fee from one academic year to the next must be approved by a majority vote of the students voting in an election called for that purpose or by a majority vote of the student government. Expenditures from "The University of Houston Center Fee Account" shall be made solely for the purposes set forth in this section, and in compliance with the budget approved by the board of regents.
(c) The fee may not be charged after the fifth academic year in which the fee is first charged unless, before the end of that academic year, the university has issued bonds payable in whole or in part from the fee, in which event the fee may not be charged after the academic year in which all such bonds, including refunding bonds for those bonds, have been fully paid.
Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1473, ch. 597, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977. Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 111.42 and amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 901, Sec. 28, eff. Aug. 31, 1987. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 105, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 73, Sec. 1, eff. May 11, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 2961), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 368 (S.B. 480), Sec. 1, eff. June 7, 2021.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle A - Higher Education in General
Subchapter E. Other Fees and Deposits
Section 54.501. Laboratory Fees
Section 54.5011. Charges and Fees for Certain Payments
Section 54.502. General Deposits
Section 54.5021. Student Deposit Fund; Composition and Uses
Section 54.5022. Investment of General Deposits
Section 54.5025. Proration of Fees
Section 54.503. Student Services Fees
Section 54.5031. Student Fee Advisory Committee
Section 54.5032. Student Fee Advisory Committee; the Texas A&m University System
Section 54.5033. Student Fee Advisory Committee Meetings Open to Public
Section 54.5035. Waiver of Fees
Section 54.504. Incidental Fees
Section 54.5041. Environmental Service Fee
Section 54.505. Vehicle Registration Fees and Other Fees Related to Parking and Traffic
Section 54.506. Fees and Charges for Services to the Public; the University of Houston System
Section 54.5061. Student Services Fees; the University of Houston System
Section 54.5062. Student Fees Advisory Committee; the University of Houston System
Section 54.507. Group Hospital and Medical Services Fees; Texas A&m University System
Section 54.508. Medical Services Fee; Texas Tech University System Components
Section 54.5081. Medical Services Fee; University of North Texas System Institutions
Section 54.5085. Medical Services Fee; Texas Woman's University System
Section 54.5089. Medical Services Fee; Texas State University System Components
Section 54.50891. Medical Services Fee; the University of Texas System Components
Section 54.509. Student Recreation Fee; Texas Tech University System Components
Section 54.5091. Student Recreational Facility Fee; University of North Texas
Section 54.510. Student Recreational Sports Fee; the University of Texas at Austin
Section 54.511. Student Fees for Bus Service; Texas State University System
Section 54.5111. Environmental Service Fee; Southwest Texas State University
Section 54.512. Shuttle Bus Fee; the University of Texas at Arlington
Section 54.5121. Intercollegiate Athletic Fee; the University of Texas at Arlington
Section 54.5122. Recreational Facility Fee; the University of Texas at Arlington
Section 54.513. Student Service Fees; the University of Texas at Austin
Section 54.5131. International Education Fee; the University of Texas at Austin
Section 54.5132. International Education Fee
Section 54.5133. Martin Luther King, Jr
Section 54.5134. Washington, D
Section 54.5135. Barbara Jordan and Cesar Chavez Statues Fee; the University of Texas at Austin
Section 54.514. Student Fees Advisory Committee; the University of Texas at Austin
Section 54.515. Student Union Fee
Section 54.519. Student Union Fee; North Texas State University
Section 54.5191. Intercollegiate Athletics Fee; University of North Texas
Section 54.5192. Intercollegiate Athletics Fee; University of North Texas at Dallas
Section 54.520. University Center Student Fee; Stephen F
Section 54.5201. Recreational Sports Fee; Stephen F
Section 54.5202. Intercollegiate Athletics Fee; Stephen F
Section 54.521. Student Center Facility Fees; Texas A&m University System
Section 54.522. Student Center Fees; Texas Southern University
Section 54.5221. Recreational Facility Fee; Texas Southern University
Section 54.5222. Medical Services Fee; Texas Southern University
Section 54.5223. Intercollegiate Athletics Fee: Texas Southern University
Section 54.523. Student Center Fees; Texas State University System
Section 54.5241. Student Union Fees; Texas Tech University System
Section 54.525. Fees for Student Centers; Texas Woman's University System Components
Section 54.5251. Student Fitness and Recreational Fee; Texas Woman's University System
Section 54.526. Student Fees for University Centers; the University of Houston
Section 54.528. Recreational Facility Fee; the University of Houston
Section 54.529. Student Union Fee; the University of Texas at Arlington
Section 54.530. Student Union Fees; the University of Texas at Austin
Section 54.531. Student Union Building Fees; the University of Texas at Dallas
Section 54.5311. Transportation Fee; the University of Texas at Dallas
Section 54.5312. Student Services Building Fee; the University of Texas at Dallas
Section 54.5313. Intramural and Intercollegiate Athletics Fee; the University of Texas at Dallas
Section 54.532. Student Union Building Fees; the University of Texas at San Antonio
Section 54.5321. Transportation Fee; the University of Texas at San Antonio
Section 54.5322. Intercollegiate Athletics Fee; the University of Texas at San Antonio
Section 54.533. Student Union Fees; the University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Section 54.5331. Intercollegiate Athletic Fee; the University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Section 54.5332. Fees for Student Services Building; the University of Texas of the Permian Basin
Section 54.534. Arts and Performance Center Fee; the University of Texas at Tyler
Section 54.5341. Student Recreational Facility Fee; the University of Texas at Tyler
Section 54.5342. Intercollegiate Athletics Fee; the University of Texas at Tyler
Section 54.5343. Student Union Fee; the University of Texas at Tyler
Section 54.535. Student Union Fee; the University of Texas at El Paso
Section 54.536. Fees for Student Health Services Building; the University of Texas at Austin
Section 54.537. Fees for Student Services Building; the University of Texas at Austin
Section 54.5371. Gregory Gymnasium Renovation Fee; the University of Texas at Austin
Section 54.5372. Aquatics Center Fee; the University of Texas at Austin
Section 54.538. Recreational Sports Fee; Texas State University System
Section 54.5382. Intercollegiate Athletics Fee: Texas State University
Section 54.539. Recreational Sports Fee; the Texas A&m University System
Section 54.5391. Intercollegiate Athletics Fee; Texas A&m University--Corpus Christi
Section 54.5392. Intercollegiate Athletics Fee; Texas A&m University--Kingsville
Section 54.5393. Intercollegiate Athletics Fee: Prairie View A&m University
Section 54.5394. Intercollegiate Athletics Fee: Tarleton State University
Section 54.5395. Intercollegiate Athletics Fees; Texas A&m International University
Section 54.5396. Intercollegiate Athletics Fees; West Texas A&m University
Section 54.5397. Intercollegiate Athletics Fees; Texas A&m University--Commerce
Section 54.53971. Intercollegiate Athletics Fees; Texas A&m University--San Antonio
Section 54.53975. Intercollegiate Athletics Fees; Texas A&m University--Texarkana
Section 54.5398. Student Endowment Fund Fee; Texas A&m University--Corpus Christi
Section 54.540. Student Center Fee, University of Houston-Clear Lake
Section 54.5401. Recreation and Wellness Facility Fee; University of Houston-Clear Lake
Section 54.5402. Wellness and Success Center Fee; University of Houston-Downtown
Section 54.5405. Student Center Fee; University of Houston-Victoria
Section 54.5406. Health and Wellness Center Fee; University of Houston-Victoria
Section 54.541. Recreational Facility Fee; the University of Texas at El Paso
Section 54.542. Student Union Facilities Fee; the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Section 54.543. Recreational Facility Fee; the University of Texas at San Antonio
Section 54.544. Recreational Facility Fee; the University of Texas at Dallas
Section 54.545. Fees for Continuing Education Courses
Section 54.551. Intercollegiate Athletics Fee; the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley