Texas Education Code - Section 51.946. Student Debit Cards At Private Or Independent Institutions Of Higher Education
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§ 51.946. STUDENT DEBIT CARDS AT PRIVATE OR INDEPENDENT
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. (a) The governing board of a
private or independent institution of higher education may
establish a program to provide students enrolled at the institution
with a debit card.
(b) A student issued a debit card under the program may use
the card to purchase merchandise or service available through the
institution or through a person authorized to sell merchandise or
service at the institution, as determined by the governing board.
(c) The program may allow a person who is in business to sell
merchandise or service of the same kind as the merchandise or
service that a student may purchase under Subsection (b) to
participate in the program under the same or equivalent terms
applicable to a person authorized to sell merchandise under
Subsection (b) and accept a debit card payment from a student to
whom a debit card has been issued under the program for purchase of
that merchandise or service.
(d) The private or independent institution of higher
education may assess participating businesses a fee for the
implementation and administration of the program.
(e) In this section:
(1) "Private or independent institution of higher
education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003.
(2) "Person" has the meaning assigned by Section
1.201, Business & Commerce Code.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 370, § 1, eff. May 29, 1999.
Section: 51.936 51.937 51.940 51.941 51.942 51.943 51.945 51.946 51.9461 51.947 51.948 51.950 51.951 51.952 51.960
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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