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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Education Code § 54.5201: RECREATIONAL SPORTS FEE; STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY.

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  1. EDUCATION CODE
  2. TITLE 3. HIGHER EDUCATION
  3. SUBTITLE A. HIGHER EDUCATION IN GENERAL
  4. CHAPTER 54. TUITION AND FEES
  5. SUBCHAPTER E. OTHER FEES AND DEPOSITS

(a) The board of regents of Stephen F. Austin State University may charge each student enrolled at the university a recreational sports fee not to exceed $120 per semester or summer session of longer than six weeks or $60 per summer session of six weeks or less. The fee may be used to purchase equipment for and to construct, operate, and maintain recreational sports facilities and programs.

(b) The recreation fee authorized by this section may not be increased more than 10 percent from one academic year to the next unless the increase has been approved by a majority vote of those students participating in a general student election called for that purpose. The fee may not exceed the amounts provided by Subsection (a).

(c) The chief fiscal officer of the university shall collect any student recreational sports fee imposed under this section and shall deposit the money collected in an account to be known as the student recreational sports account.

(d) A student recreational sports fee imposed under this section is not counted in determining the maximum student services fee that may be charged under Section 54.503.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 503 (H.B. 598), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.

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