By Noriega H.B. No. 1788 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to firemen enrolled in fire science courses. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 54.208, Education Code, is amended to 1-5 read as follows: 1-6 The governing boards of the state institutions of collegiate 1-7 rank supported in whole or in part by public funds shall exempt 1-8 from the payment of tuition and laboratory fees any person who is 1-9 employed as a fireman by any political subdivision of the state or 1-10 who serves as a volunteer member of a volunteer fire department and 1-11 who is certified by either the Texas Commission on Fire Protection 1-12 or the State Firemen's and Fire Marshals' Association of Texas and 1-13 who enrolls in a course or courses offered as part of a fire 1-14 science curriculum. The exemption provided does not apply to 1-15 deposits which may be required in the nature of security for the 1-16 return or proper care of property loaned for the use of students. 1-17 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-18 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.