2nd Athletic Fee Bill Introduced

[UNTflyer]

HB 2024 was introduced to the House on 2/27/09.

The text of the bill is exactly the same as SB 473.

[NT80]

HB 2024 was introduced to the House on 2/27/09.

The text of the bill is exactly the same as SB 473.

Did the Texas State U. and Lamar student athletic fee requests go through this same long process? It just seemed like theirs passed very fast after students voted in the fee.

[UNTflyer]

Did the Texas State U. and Lamar student athletic fee requests go through this same long process? It just seemed like theirs passed very fast after students voted in the fee.

Texas State already had a fee. Lamar, being a part of the Texas State system, did not need legislative approval.

[Green to the Bone]

The sponsor is Rep. Myra Crownover, R-Lake Dallas, who has a bachelor's from a certain Park Cities university and a master's from a certain Agricultural & Mechanical university.

It's common for identical bills to be filed in both chambers. It improves the odds. In addition, Rep. Crownover sits on the Appropriations Committee and the Calendars Committee. Calendars is extremely important, since it controls which bills actually reach the floor for a vote.

[GreenAlums]

The sponsor is Rep. Myra Crownover, R-Lake Dallas, who has a bachelor's from a certain Park Cities university and a master's from a certain Agricultural & Mechanical university.

It's common for identical bills to be filed in both chambers. It improves the odds. In addition, Rep. Crownover sits on the Appropriations Committee and the Calendars Committee. Calendars is extremely important, since it controls which bills actually reach the floor for a vote.

...and if I'm not mistakened Ms Crownover spent some time in the President's suite at one of our home games. Good job Dr. B!!

[SilverEagle]

...and if I'm not mistakened Ms Crownover spent some time in the President's suite at one of our home games. Good job Dr. B!!

Well that should do it then!

Because if she has any sense of humanity she will make sure that the bill will move along in a timely manner. So that us poor North Texas fans don't have to attend football games in such a crappy venue any longer than necessary.

[Stan R]

This second bill was obviously submitted to the Texas Department of Redundancy Department. They handle that sort of thing.

[NT80]

Texas State already had a fee. Lamar, being a part of the Texas State system, did not need legislative approval.

UNT already had a fee...student services fee. UNT is part of the UNT system....why do we need legislative approval?

[UNTflyer]

UNT already had a fee...student services fee. UNT is part of the UNT system....why do we need legislative approval?

Texas State already had legislative approval for an athletic fee. They voted to raise it. Lamar, being part of Texas State, only needed BOR approval.

We do not have an athletic fee, so we need approval to have one.

[NT80]

Texas State already had legislative approval for an athletic fee. They voted to raise it. Lamar, being part of Texas State, only needed BOR approval.

We do not have an athletic fee, so we need approval to have one.

I see, thanks! Keep us updated on the legislation progress.

[NT80]

NT Daily article

A very well-written and informative article by The Daily.

[VideoEagle]

A very well-written and informative article by The Daily.

I think they probably intended to write "the bill is aiming to pass before the legislature ADJOURNS on June 1," but it does explain the situation well.