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day afternoon on his way to class.
Senate votes for tuition fee increases
□ The measure allows
continuation of fee in
creases at public uni
versity systems.
AUSTIN (AP) — Legislation to
raise tuition at public universities
and allow them to increase vari
ous fees was passed unanimously
Tuesday by the Texas Senate.
The measure would continue
a S2 per semester-hour annual
increase in undergraduate tu
ition for Texas residents until
fiscal year 2001, when it would
hit $40 per hour.
The bill also directs that tu
ition for students from outside
Texas be raised to the level
charged by the other five most
populous states. That would mean
an increase from $171 per semes
ter hour to an estimated $222.
The measure would allow the
state Higher Education Coordi
nating Board to set a lower tu
ition rate for nonresident students
if petitioned by an institution
within 100 miles of Texas’ border
with another state.
State law already allows for
in-state tuition rates to be
charged to Mexican citizens
who attend border institutions,
Bivins said. The bill would add
Texas A&M University in
Kingsville to that program.
Law school tuition also would
be raised under the bill, which
earlier passed the House and re
turns to that chamber for consid
eration of Senate changes.
Resident law school students
would pay $75 per hour, up
from $60, while those from out
of state would see an increase
from $150 to $200.
The bill also would allow uni
versities to raise tuition for op
tometry and pharmacy students.
In addition, Bivins’ bill in
cludes authorization for fee in
creases by various universities,
with limits. For example, a fee
may require a student vote to
take effect or be tied to
tuition rates.
The bill would allow Texas
A&M University to raise the med
ical services fee; Texas Tech Uni
versity to raise the university cen
ter fee; the University of Texas at
Austin to charge $1 per semester
fee for a Martin Luther King Jr.
statue and scholarship program;
and all public universities to raise
their building use fees.
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House sends concealed-gun bill bad
to Senate, calls for committee action A
Q The author of the concealed-
gun bill has voiced objections to
House additions of a referendum
and other restrictions that he
claims is not necessary.
AUSTIN (AP) — The House gave final approval
Tuesday to a concealed-gun bill that would allow
Texans to vote on the issue. But the bill’s author
vowed to remove the referendum or fight to kill his
own legislation.
“I would not be supportive of the bill if it had a
referendum,” Sen. Jerry Patterson, R-Pasadena,
said after the House returned the bill to the Senate
on a voice vote.
Patterson said he would reject House changes
and call for a House-Senate conference committee
to work out differences.
“You don’t have referendums on the First
Amendment, the Second Amendment, the Fourth
Amendment or the Fifth Amendment,” Patterson
said. “It’s not subject to a popularity contest.”
The bill, which would allow Texans to be li
censed to carry concealed guns, easily passed
the Senate in March but faced a tougher time in
the House.
The measure was amended during an almost
nine-hour debate Monday to make it more re
strictive and to allow Texans to vote on the is
sue in November.
The statewide referendum would be nonbinding,
meaning it would not affect the bill’s implementa
tion should it become law.
“This is about as disingenuous as you can get,”
Patterson said. “Many of the folks who voted for
that referendum are folks who didn’t have the
courage just to vote ‘no’ on final passage because of
fear of political repercussions, so they’re trying
give themselves some cover.
“That’s not the way to do business,” he said.
Rep. Sherri Greenberg, who sponsored the rei
endum amendment, said opinion polls have sho:
the public is divided on the issue and that vote
therefore, should be able to vote on it.
She acknowledged that a vote against!
gun bill — even in a nonbinding referendum
could carry the weight needed to change lai
makers’ minds.
"This is all feel-good B.S. A lot
those things (restrictions) aren't
deal breakers, but I am going to
try to make the list as short as
possible. I would like to go bad
to the original bill."
Sen. Jerry Pattern rea r
author of the \
ifstu
There’s no way to tell whether House andi
ate conferees will approve the referendum, wj
was narrowly adopted by the House, 74-70.
Patterson also objected to additional res:
tions that the House added to the bill, inclui
raising the number of required training he,
for permit applicants from 10 to 15 hours tc
tween 15 and 30 hours.
“This is all feel-good B.S. A lot of t!
things (restrictions) aren’t deal breakers,!;
am going to try to make the list as short as:
sible,” Patterson said. “I would like to go!
to the original bill.”
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Chairman claims embargo will harm Texas econor
□ The Railroad Com
mission Chairman
says a U.S. embargo
against Iran will cost
Texans' their jobs.
AUSTIN (AP) — The U.S.
trade embargo against Iran will
hurt some Texas companies and
likely cost more Texans than Ira
nians their jobs, says the chair
man of the state agency that reg
ulates the oil and gas industry.
Texas Railroad Commission
Chairman Barry Williamson said
Tuesday that Iran shouldn’t have
any trouble finding new buyers
for its oil, which he said has ac
counted for about 7 percent of dai
ly U.S. consumption.
“It’s not going to hurt Iran, but
it’s going to hurt some businesses
in Texas,” Williamson said. “We’ll
lose more jobs than they will.”
On Monday, the United States
urged other nations to sever com
mercial ties with Iran and join
the United States in the embargo,
meant to punish Tehran for sup
porting terrorism and pur'
nuclear weapons.
Williamson, a Republ;
said a better plan would
been for Clinton, a Dem:
to work with other com
and through the Unitec
tions before making a uni
al move “that only hurt us
What likely will happs.
said, is that other natior.:.
purchase oil the United!
had been buying from Iran
the U.S. will wind up pure:
oil from Saudi Arabia an;
Iranian oil producers.
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This year students are not required to renew their parking garage priviledges. PTTS will be
automatically renewing students who meet the following requirements:
* are enrolled in Fall ‘95 classes no later than July 1, 1995
* are on the housing list no later than July 1, 1995
Fees will be charged the first week of September.
Students who are not enrolled and/or are not on the housing list by July 1, 1995 will be dropped
from their parking garage assignment and access card deactivated on August 20, 1995.
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who preregister for parking permits and bus passes before July 1, 1995, will receive them in the mail on or around
August 10. Please verify your address with the Fiscal Department.
The price of parking permits has changed from what is listed in the registration booklets due to the approval of
price changes made by the Board of Regents. The new prices listed below will be effective Fall ‘95.
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Commuter Student $75
Resident Student $75
Night Permit $35
Motorcycle/Moped $35
Summer Permit (Effective Summer ‘96) $55
Faculty/Staff (Reserved Lot) $100
Faculty/Staff (Reserved Number Space) $200
Garage Roof $180
Garage (Inside)... $240
Garage (Priority) $270
Zachry Basement $270
Bus Pass $110*
♦Students may obtain a free night permit if a bus pass is purchased.
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receive them in the mail.
May 25 - 31 - Student permits and bus passes may be picked up from the PTTS cashiers in
the Rudder Tower lobby between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. Monday - Friday.
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Bus Pass $55
Summer Student Parking $20
Motorcycle/Moped $11.72
Night Parking $15
♦Parking permits and bus passes purchased for the summer are valid through August 27, 1995. Summer permits
are non-refundable. Bus passes are non-refundable in Summer Term II. During Summer Term I, the bus pass
refund is $27.50.
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PARKING NEWS:
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