Sec. 54.531. STUDENT UNION BUILDING FEES; THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS. (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may levy a student union fee, not to exceed $60 per student for each regular semester and not to exceed $40 per student for each term of the summer session, for the sole purpose of financing, constructing, operating, maintaining, and improving a student union building for The University of Texas at Dallas; provided, however, that the fee may not be increased above $40 per student for each regular semester and $26.67 per student for each term of the summer session unless the increase is approved by a majority vote of those students participating in a general election held for that purpose. 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 Texas at Dallas 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 of Texas at Dallas 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 president shall submit the budget to the board of regents as part of the institutional budget. The board of regents shall make such changes in the budget as it deems necessary before approving the budget, and shall then levy the fees, within the limits herein fixed, in such amounts as will be sufficient to meet the budgetary needs of the student union building.

(c) The board of regents may pledge fees levied under this section to pay obligations issued pursuant to the revenue financing system of The University of Texas System.

Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1041, ch. 385, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 239, Sec. 86, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Renumbered from Education Code Sec. 70.08 and amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 901, Sec. 33, eff. Aug. 31, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 910, Sec. 2; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 492, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.