(a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose a mandatory intercollegiate athletics fee on each student enrolled at The University of Texas at San Antonio. The amount of the fee may not exceed $7 per semester credit hour for each regular semester, not to exceed a total of $84 per semester, unless the amount is increased by the board, subject to the limitation provided by Subsection (b). The fee may not be imposed unless approved by a majority vote of the students participating in a general student election held for that purpose.
(b) The board may not increase the amount of the fee in any academic year unless the amount of the increase is approved by a majority vote of the students participating in a general student election held for that purpose.

(c) The board may prorate the amount of the fee for a summer session.
(d) The fee imposed under this section may not be considered in determining the maximum amount of student services fees that may be imposed under § 54.503.