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In an effort to encourage reporting of hazing incidents, the
law grants immunity from civil or criminal liability to any person
who reports a specific hazing event to the Office of Student Affairs
and immunizes that person from participation in any judicial
proceeding resulting from that report. The penalty for failure to report is a
fine of up to $1,000, up to 180 days in jail, or both. Penalties for
other hazing offenses vary according to the severity of the injury that
results and range from $500 to $10,000 in fines and up to two
years confinement.
The law defines hazing as an intentional, knowing or reckless
act, occurring on or off the campus of an educational institution, by
one person alone or acting with others, directed against a student,
that endangers the mental or physical health or safety of that student
for the purpose of pledging, being initiated into, affiliating with,
holding office in or maintaining membership in any organization
whose members are or include students at an educational institution.
Hazing includes but is not limited to:
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Any type of physical brutality, such as whipping, beating,
striking, branding, electronic shocking, placing of a harmful
substance on the body or similar activity.
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Any type of physical activity, such as sleep deprivation,
exposure to the elements, confinement in a small space,
calisthenics or other activity that subjects the student to an
unreasonable risk of harm or that adversely affects the mental or physical
health or safety of the student.
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Any activity involving consumption of food, liquid,
alcoholic beverage, liquor, drug or other substance that subjects the
student to an unreasonable risk of harm or that adversely
affects the mental or physical health of the student.
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Campus Solicitations
"Solicitation," as defined in Part One, Chapter VI, Section 6.6
of the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Regents of The
University of Texas System, means the sale, lease, rental or offer for sale,
lease or rental of any property, product, merchandise, publication or
service, whether for immediate or future delivery; an oral statement or
the distribution or display of printed material, merchandise or
products that is designed to encourage the purchase, use or rental of
any property, product, merchandise, publication or service; the oral
or written appeal or request to support or join an organization
other than a registered student, faculty or staff organization; the receipt
of or request for any gift or contribution; or the request to support
or oppose or to vote for or against a candidate, issue or
proposition appearing on the ballot at any election held pursuant to state or |
