Results from the recent poll on San Diego State’s student union still leave questions about the facility’s future.

The survey was put out by Associated Students to gauge the continuation of plans for a new Aztec Center Student Union. Last week, the SDSU Social Science Research Laboratory released the results.

The survey, which was accessible through SDSU’s student webportal, ended Sept. 26. In total, 3,679 individuals responded, which is representative of 11 percent of the SDSU student population.

The survey results showed that 40 percent who voted strongly favored creating a new student union, and 33 percent somewhat favored it. The survey results showed that 20 percent of the students polled use the current student union only once or twice a semester.

Most of the questions asked in the poll related to how often students use the current student union and what features they would like to see improved or added.

The survey was meant to gauge what A.S. will do with funds raised from student fees, voted for in 2006, and if additional funds are needed to start construction on the proposed Modern Space plan.

If students do not favor fee increases, then the money raised so far will be used to repair the current building.

“Either way, this building isn’t up to code, so we’d have to spend money 8212; pretty much all of it 8212; to fix it and bring it up to code so that they wouldn’t close us down,” Jeremy Katz, A.S. executive vice president and Modern Space committee chair, said.

Any additional fees that would be needed to raise money for a new student union would not be implemented until the new building opened in 2013, according to A.S. President Tyler Boden.

So far, the fees obtained as a result of the 2006 vote allow A.S. to raise $39 million through bond sales, according to Katz.

A.S. will hold a referendum in the spring to find out if students will support the construction of a new student union with the implementation of additional fees.

Although comments made by students in the survey showed concern for what A.S. should do with the funds in light of the current economic situation, according to Katz, the money obtained will only be used in Aztec Center. Katz said A.S. is mandated by the Chancellor’s Office to not use the funds for academic affairs.

“I think there’s a lot of encouraging comments,” Katz said. “There’s obviously some comments that were, you know, “oh, it’s not a good economy, we shouldn’t raise fees, we should pay teachers more,’ things like that. I think a lot of students have a misunderstanding about where our money can go.”