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The Green Fee Presented by: Benjamin Perry, Assistant Vice President of Facilities Planning & Development / University Architect Jerry Sharp III, Senior/Multidisciplinary Studies Student 8/29/2019 The University of Texas at San Antonio,
Presented by: Benjamin Perry, Assistant Vice President of Facilities Planning & Development / University Architect Jerry Sharp III, Senior/Multidisciplinary Studies Student
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The “Green Fee” legislation authorized a university fee to be assessed at registration. The collected fees were applied to a Green Fund for use by the Green Fund committee which was comprised of students, faculty and staff, with a student voting majority.
Legislature (House Bill 3353 and Senate Bill 2182).
– 2015
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A Bill to renew and reauthorize the Green Fund was introduced to the 85th Texas Legislature this year (2017) but was unable to clear the Committee on Higher Education and did not advance to the floor for a vote. As the Texas Legislature meets only on odd numbered years, the next Legislative session (86th) will not meet until Jan 8, 2019. UT Austin chose to make the fee part of tuition and now have a permanent budget for sustainability initiatives known as the Green Fee.
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UTS 169 The initiatives described in this policy are intended to provide the scope, direction, and expectations underlying U. T. System’s Policy on Sustainable Practices and to identify best practices to facilitate compliance with this policy.
Texas System is committed to stewardship of the environment and promotion of the principles of energy efficiency and sustainability.
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Ron Nirenberg, City of San Antonio Mayor Paula Gold-Williams, CPS Energy President
UTSA Collaboration with City and CPS Energy on Paris Climate Agreement Along with International Ambassadors
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Historical Fee Comparison before Fee was Sunseted (Identified and other Texas Universities)
Annualized Fee Total Students Projected Funds UT Austin $12.50 51,331 $641,638 University of Houston $12.50 42,704 $533,800 University of Arizona $12.00 43,625 $523,500 North Texas $12.50 37,979 $474,738 George State $9.00 50,972 $458,748 Texas A & M $6.00 68,825 $412,950 UTSA $12.50 30,674 $287,670 UT El Paso $6.00 23,397 $140,382 Texas State $1.00 38,849 $38,849
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