88R2103 KJE-D     By: Cain H.B. No. 547       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to tuition and fee bills or billing statements provided to   students by public institutions of higher education.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 54.015, Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 54.015.  BILLING AND NOTIFICATION FOR TUITION AND FEES.   (a) An institution of higher education shall provide to each   student enrolled at the institution for a semester or term a tuition   and fee bill or other billing statement for that semester or term.   The bill or statement must:                (1)  state the total amount of all tuition and fees   charged to the student for the semester or term; and                (2)  include an itemized list of:                      (A)  the tuition and each fee charged to the   student by the institution for each course in which the student is   enrolled for that semester or term; and                      (B)  each other fee charged to the student by the   institution for that semester or term.          (b)  For billing and catalogue purposes, each governing   board shall accumulate all the tuition that it charges under this   chapter into one tuition charge.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies   beginning with the 2023 fall semester.          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, 2023.