Sec. 54.551. INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS FEE; THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT BROWNSVILLE. (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose on each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Brownsville an intercollegiate athletics fee in an amount not to exceed $7 per semester credit hour.

(b) The board shall deposit revenue from the fee to the credit of an account known as The University of Texas at Brownsville intercollegiate athletics fee account. Money in the account shall be used in accordance with the terms of the partnership agreements entered into between The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College under Section 78.02.

(c) The fee may not be imposed unless approved by a majority vote of the students of the university who participate in a general student election held for that purpose.

(d) The amount of the fee may not be increased to an amount that exceeds by 10 percent or more the total amount of the fee as last approved by a student vote under Subsection (c) or this subsection unless the increase has been approved by a majority vote of the students enrolled at the university who participate in a general student election held for that purpose.

(e) A fee imposed under this section is in addition to any other fee the board is authorized by law to impose.

(f) Subject to the limitations of this section on the amount of the fee and any increase in the amount of the fee, the fee imposed under this section must be in the same amount as the intercollegiate athletics fee charged a student at Texas Southmost College by the board of trustees of Southmost Union Junior College District. A student attending either or both institutions may be charged an intercollegiate athletics fee by only one of the institutions.

(g) The board may not impose the fee authorized by this section on a student who is enrolled solely in online courses at the university.

(h) Expired.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 137 (H.B. 1505), Sec. 1, eff. May 18, 2007.