Amend CSSB 179 by striking all below the enacting clause and
substituting the following:
      SECTION 1.  Section 51.306(r), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
      (r)  This section does not apply to:
            (1)  a student who accumulated three or more
college-level semester credit hours prior to the 1989 fall
semester;
            (2)  a student located outside this state who enrolls
in a course offered outside this state by an institution of higher
education;
            (3)  a deaf student;
            (4)  a student who has graduated with a baccalaureate
degree from an institution of higher education, an accredited
private or independent institution of higher education, or an
accredited out-of-state institution of higher education;
            (5)  a student enrolled in a certificate program at a
community or technical college of one year or less; or
            (6)  a student who is <a citizen of a country other
than the United States and is> not seeking a degree or certificate
and who:
                  (A)  is a citizen of a country other than the
United States; or
                  (B)  is serving on active duty as a member of the
United States armed forces.
      SECTION 2.  Section 51.3061(g), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
      (g)  This section does not apply to a student who:
            (1)  is enrolled in a certificate program of one year
or less; or
            (2)  is serving on active duty as a member of the
United States armed forces and is not seeking a degree or
certificate.
      SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2001.