(a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Austin a fee not to exceed $1.90 per credit hour per semester or 12-week summer session or 95 cents per credit hour per six-week summer session. The fee may be used for financing, renovating, operating, maintaining, and improving the Gregory Gymnasium.
(b) The university shall collect the gymnasium renovation fee imposed under this section and deposit the money collected in an account to be known as the Gregory Gymnasium renovation account. The money collected shall be used only for the purposes described in Subsection (a) of this section.
(c) A fee under this section may not be collected under this section until the semester in which the gymnasium has been substantially renovated and the first phase of the renovated facility is made available for use.
(d) The board of regents may pledge fees collected under this section for the payment of obligations issued for authorized purposes pursuant to the revenue financing system of The University of Texas System.
(e) The fees collected under this section shall not be counted in determining the maximum student services fee which may be charged to students of The University of Texas at Austin under this subchapter.