By Brown of Brazos                                     H.B. No. 152
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to tuition charged at state institutions of higher
 1-3     education for a summer term or session.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 54.051(c), Education Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           (c)  Unless a different rate is specified by this section,
 1-8     tuition for a resident student at a general academic teaching
 1-9     institution is:
1-10                 (1)  for a semester other than a summer term or
1-11     session, the greater of[:]
1-12                 [(1)]  $120 for the [each] semester [or 12-week summer
1-13     session and $60 for each six-week summer term;] or
1-14                 [(2)]  $40 per semester credit hour;
1-15                 (2)  for a summer term or session of 12 weeks or more,
1-16     the greater of $60 for the term or session or $20 per semester
1-17     credit hour; and
1-18                 (3)  for a summer term or session of less than 12
1-19     weeks, the greater of $30 for the term or session or $20 per
1-20     semester credit hour.
1-21           SECTION 2. Section 54.0513(b), Education Code, is amended to
1-22     read as follows:
1-23           (b)  In addition to amounts that a governing board of an
1-24     institution of higher education is authorized to charge as tuition
 2-1     under this chapter, the governing board is authorized to charge as
 2-2     tuition the following maximum amounts:
 2-3                 (1)  [$34 per semester credit hour for the 1997-1998
 2-4     academic year;]
 2-5                 [(2)  $36 per semester credit hour for the 1998-1999
 2-6     academic year;]
 2-7                 [(3)  $38 per semester credit hour for the 1999-2000
 2-8     academic year; and]
 2-9                 [(4)]  $40 per semester credit hour for a semester
2-10     other than a summer term or session; and
2-11                 (2)  $20 per semester credit hour for a summer term or
2-12     session [the 2000-2001 academic year and each academic year
2-13     thereafter].
2-14           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2002, and applies
2-15     only to tuition charged for a session, term, or semester that
2-16     begins on or after that date.