1-1     By:  Delisi (Senate Sponsor - Fraser)                 H.B. No. 2214

 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 14, 1997;

 1-3     April 16, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on

 1-4     Finance; May 12, 1997, reported favorably, as amended, by the

 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 12, 1997, sent to printer.)

 1-6     COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                           By:  Barrientos

 1-7     Amend H.B. 2214 by replacing Section 1 with the following SECTION

 1-8     1:

 1-9           SECTION 1.  Section 54.545, Education Code, is amended by

1-10     amending Subsection (c) to read as follows:

1-11           (c)  Subchapter B and D do not apply to a fee charged under

1-12     this section, except that a governing board of an institution of

1-13     higher education may grant an exemption provided by Section 54.203

1-14     if such an exemption will not result in an increased cost to other

1-15     students or does not diminish the availability of correspondence

1-16     courses.

1-17                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

1-18                                   AN ACT

1-19     relating to fees for correspondence courses for certain veterans

1-20     and the children of certain veterans.

1-21           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

1-22           SECTION 1.  Section 54.545(c), Education Code, is amended to

1-23     read as follows:

1-24           (c)  Subchapters B and D do not apply to a fee charged under

1-25     this section, except to a fee for a correspondence  course taken by

1-26     a student who would qualify for an exemption from tuition under

1-27     Section 54.203.

1-28           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

1-29           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-30     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-31     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-32     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-33     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.

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