By Uher, et al. H.B. No. 2159 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to granting resident tuition status to children or 1-3 dependents of certain former Texas residents. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 54.055, Education Code, is amended to 1-6 read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 54.055. PARENTS, CHANGE OF RESIDENCE TO ANOTHER STATE. 1-8 (a) An individual who is 18 years of age or under or is a 1-9 dependent and whose parents were formerly residents of Texas is 1-10 entitled to pay the resident tuition fee following the parents' 1-11 change of legal residence to another state, as long as the 1-12 individual remains continuously enrolled in a regular session in a 1-13 state-supported institution of higher education. 1-14 (b) A dependent whose parent or guardian was a resident of 1-15 this state for a period of 10 or more consecutive years that ended 1-16 not more than five years before the date a semester or other term 1-17 begins at a state-supported institution of higher education is 1-18 eligible to pay resident tuition and fees for that semester or 1-19 term. 1-20 (c) An individual eligible to pay resident tuition and fees 1-21 under Subsection (b) is eligible to continue to pay resident 1-22 tuition and fees as long as the individual remains continuously 1-23 enrolled in a regular session in a state-supported institution of 1-24 higher education. 2-1 (d) In this section, "guardian" has the meaning assigned by 2-2 Section 51.02, Family Code. 2-3 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with tuition and fees 2-4 charged for the 1997 fall semester. 2-5 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-6 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-7 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-8 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-9 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.