By Barrientos                                          S.B. No. 574
         77R6012 JSA-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the amount of tuition that a public junior college may
 1-3     set aside for Texas Public Education Grants.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 56.033(a), Education Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  The governing board [boards] of each institution
 1-8     [institutions] of higher education, including [and] the Texas State
 1-9     Technical College System, shall cause to be set aside:
1-10                 (1)  [for the 1991-1992 academic year, not less than
1-11     nine percent nor more than 15 percent out of each resident
1-12     student's tuition charge under Section 54.051 of this code as
1-13     provided by the General Appropriations Act for the applicable
1-14     academic year;]
1-15                 [(2)  for the 1992-1993 academic year and each
1-16     subsequent academic year,] not less than 15 percent nor more than
1-17     20 percent out of each resident student's tuition charge under
1-18     Section 54.051 [of this code] as provided by the General
1-19     Appropriations Act for the applicable academic year[; in specifying
1-20     the percentage to be set aside for the 1991-1992 and 1992-1993
1-21     academic years, the legislature shall consider the recommendations
1-22     of the Select Committee on Higher Education established by H.C.R.
1-23     No. 105, Acts of the 69th Legislature, Regular Session, 1985];
1-24                 (2) [(3)]  three percent out of each nonresident
 2-1     student's tuition charge under Section 54.051 [of this code];
 2-2                 (3)  not less than [(4)]  six percent nor more than 20
 2-3     percent out of each resident student's hourly tuition charge, and
 2-4     $1.50 out of each nonresident student's hourly tuition charge, for
 2-5     academic courses at a public community or [and] junior college
 2-6     [colleges]; and
 2-7                 (4)  not less than [(5)]  six percent nor more than 20
 2-8     percent of hourly tuition charges for vocational-technical courses
 2-9     at a public community or [and] junior college [colleges].
2-10           SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect immediately if it
2-11     receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each
2-12     house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.
2-13     If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate
2-14     effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
2-15           (b)  The change in law made by this Act applies beginning
2-16     with the 2001 fall semester.