S.B. No. 537         AN ACT   relating to requiring the disclosure of special course fees at   public institutions of higher education.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 54, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 54.0051 to read as follows:          Sec. 54.0051.  DISCLOSURE OF COURSE FEES IN COURSE CATALOG.   Each institution of higher education shall include in the   institution's online course catalog, for each course listed in the   catalog, a description and the amount of any special course fee,   including an online access fee or lab fee, to be charged   specifically for the course.  If the institution publishes a paper   course catalog, the institution may publish any fees specifically   charged for each course using the amounts charged in the most recent   academic year.          SECTION 2.  Section 54.0051, Education Code, as added by   this Act, applies beginning with course catalogs published for the   2018-2019 academic year.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2017.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 537 passed the Senate on   May 3, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the   Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2017, by the   following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 537 passed the House, with   amendment, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146,   Nays 0, two present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor