By Delisi, Berman                                     H.B. No. 2143
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to tuition charges by school districts for certain
 1-3     military dependents.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 25.004, Education Code, is amended to read
 1-6     as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 25.004.  TUITION FOR CERTAIN MILITARY DEPENDENTS
 1-8     PROHIBITED. A school district may not charge tuition for the
 1-9     attendance of a student who is [not] domiciled in another [this]
1-10     state and resides in military housing that is located in the
1-11     district but is exempt from taxation by the district. [The tuition
1-12     rate may not exceed an amount equal to the district's average
1-13     expenditure per student from local funds.]
1-14           SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
1-15     school year.
1-16           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-17     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-18     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-19     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-20     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.