By Coleman                                            H.B. No. 2603
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the tuition to be charged to certain foreign students.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Section 54.060(b), Education code, is amended to
 1-5     read as follows:
 1-6           (b)  The foreign student tuition fee prescribed in this
 1-7     chapter does not apply to a foreign student who is a resident of a
 1-8     nation situated adjacent to Texas, who demonstrates financial need
 1-9     as provided by this subsection, and who registers in:
1-10                 (1)  any general academic teaching institution, as
1-11     defined in Section 61.003(3) of this code;[, or]
1-12                 (2)  a component of the Texas State Technical College
1-13     System located in a county immediately adjacent to the nation in
1-14     which the foreign student resides;
1-15                 (3)  [or who registers for] lower division courses at a
1-16     community or junior college having a partnership agreement pursuant
1-17     to Subchapter N, Chapter 51, of this code, with an upper-level
1-18     university and both institutions are located in the county
1-19     immediately adjacent to the nation in which the foreign student
1-20     resides;[,]
1-21                 (4)  [or who registers in] Texas A&M
1-22     University--Kingsville or Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi; or
 2-1                 (5)  courses that are part of a graduate program in
 2-2     public health that are offered in a county immediately adjacent to
 2-3     the nation in which the foreign student resides [and, except as
 2-4     provided by this subsection, who demonstrates a financial need
 2-5     after the financial resources of the foreign student and the
 2-6     student's family are considered].  The foreign student described in
 2-7     this subsection shall pay tuition equal to that charged Texas
 2-8     residents under Sections 54.051 and 54.0512 of this code.  The
 2-9     coordinating board shall adopt rules governing the determination of
2-10     financial need of students under this subsection and rules
2-11     governing a pilot project to be established at general academic
2-12     teaching institutions and at components of the Texas State
2-13     Technical College System in counties that are not immediately
2-14     adjacent to the nation in which the foreign student resides.
2-15           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a
2-16     vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-17     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-18     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-19     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.