1-1 By: Haywood S.B. No. 1052 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 1995; March 9, 1995, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 5, 1995, 1-4 reported favorably, as amended, by the following vote: Yeas 9, 1-5 Nays 0; April 5, 1995, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Haywood 1-7 Amend S.B. No. 1052 as follows: 1-8 On line 12 (committee printing page 1, line 23), after the 1-9 word "residents" insert "if they began the program while stationed 1-10 at an Air Force base in Texas." 1-11 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-12 AN ACT 1-13 relating to tuition paid by air force personnel for certain courses 1-14 at Midwestern State University. 1-15 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-16 SECTION 1. Section 54.058, Education Code, is amended by 1-17 adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: 1-18 (h) United States Air Force personnel stationed outside the 1-19 State of Texas who are enrolled in the bachelor of science or 1-20 master of science degree program in radiological sciences at 1-21 Midwestern State University by instructional telecommunication will 1-22 be entitled to pay tuition fees and other fees or charges provided 1-23 for Texas residents. In this subsection, "instructional 1-24 telecommunication" means instruction delivered primarily by 1-25 telecommunication technology, including open-channel television, 1-26 cable television, closed-circuit television, low-power television, 1-27 communication and/or direct-broadcast satellite, satellite master 1-28 antenna system, microwave, videotape, videodisc, computer software, 1-29 computer networks, and telephone lines. 1-30 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-31 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-32 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-33 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-34 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-35 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-36 * * * * *