H.B. No. 3119 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the exemption from dues, fees, and charges provided to 1-3 a veteran or dependent of a veteran enrolled at a public 1-4 institution of higher education. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Section 54.203(d), Education Code, is amended to 1-7 read as follows: 1-8 (d) The exemption from fees provided for in Subsection (a) 1-9 of this section does not apply to a person if at the time of his 1-10 registration he is eligible for educational benefits under federal 1-11 legislation in effect at the time of his registration if the value 1-12 of those benefits is equal to or exceeds the value of the 1-13 exemption, except that the person must first utilize the federal 1-14 benefit for which he is eligible and the combined amount of the 1-15 federal benefit plus the amount of this waiver shall not exceed the 1-16 maximum value of the waiver. A person is covered by the exemptions 1-17 if his right to benefits under federal legislation is extinguished 1-18 at the time of his registration. 1-19 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-1 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-2 passage, and it is so enacted.