1-1 By: Hochberg (Senate Sponsor - Barrientos) H.B. No. 447 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 1993; 1-3 April 27, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Education; May 20, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote: 1-5 Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 20, 1993, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE 1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent 1-8 Ratliff x 1-9 Haley x 1-10 Barrientos x 1-11 Bivins x 1-12 Harris of Tarrant x 1-13 Luna x 1-14 Montford x 1-15 Shapiro x 1-16 Sibley x 1-17 Turner x 1-18 Zaffirini x 1-19 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-20 AN ACT 1-21 relating to the residency of homeless individuals who register at 1-22 certain public institutions of higher education. 1-23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-24 SECTION 1. Section 54.052, Education Code, is amended by 1-25 adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: 1-26 (i) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall 1-27 adopt rules allowing a homeless individual, as defined by 42 U.S.C. 1-28 Sec. 11302, who resides in Texas for the 12-month period 1-29 immediately preceding the date of registration but who does not 1-30 have a permanent residence to be classified as a resident student 1-31 only for purposes of vocational education courses at public junior 1-32 colleges. 1-33 SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 1994, the Texas Higher 1-34 Education Coordinating Board shall adopt initial rules as required 1-35 by Section 54.052(i), Education Code, as added by this Act. 1-36 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-37 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-38 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-39 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-40 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-41 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-42 passage, and it is so enacted. 1-43 * * * * * 1-44 Austin, 1-45 Texas 1-46 May 20, 1993 1-47 Hon. Bob Bullock 1-48 President of the Senate 1-49 Sir: 1-50 We, your Committee on Education to which was referred H.B. No. 447, 1-51 have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to 1-52 report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do 1-53 pass and be printed. 1-54 Ratliff, 1-55 Chairman 1-56 * * * * * 1-57 WITNESSES 1-58 FOR AGAINST ON 1-59 ___________________________________________________________________ 1-60 Name: Andrew Short x 1-61 Representing: TX Homeless Network 1-62 City: Austin 1-63 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-64 Name: Mack C. Adams x 1-65 Representing: Coordinating Board 1-66 City: Austin 1-67 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1-68 Name: Robert Schwab x 2-1 Representing: Helping Our Brothers Out 2-2 City: Austin 2-3 -------------------------------------------------------------------