1-1 By: Hirschi, Finnell, et al. H.B. No. 2068 1-2 (Senate Sponsor - Haywood) 1-3 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 1995; 1-4 April 19, 1995, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-5 Education; April 26, 1995, reported favorably by the following 1-6 vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; April 26, 1995, sent to printer.) 1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-8 AN ACT 1-9 relating to tuition paid by air force personnel for certain courses 1-10 at Midwestern State University. 1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-12 SECTION 1. Section 54.058, Education Code, is amended by 1-13 adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: 1-14 (h) United States Air Force personnel stationed outside the 1-15 State of Texas who are enrolled in the bachelor of science or 1-16 master of science degree program in radiological sciences at 1-17 Midwestern State University by instructional telecommunication will 1-18 be entitled to pay tuition fees and other fees or charges provided 1-19 for Texas residents if they began the program while stationed at an 1-20 Air Force base in Texas. In this subsection, "instructional 1-21 telecommunication" means instruction delivered primarily by 1-22 telecommunication technology, including open-channel television, 1-23 cable television, closed-circuit television, low power television, 1-24 communication and/or direct broadcast satellite, satellite master 1-25 antenna system, microwave, videotape, videodisc, computer software, 1-26 computer networks, and telephone lines. 1-27 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-28 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-29 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-30 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-31 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-32 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-33 * * * * *