78R1244 KSD-D

By:  Brown of Brazos                                              H.B. No. 134


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the pilot program for reduced undergraduate tuition during a summer term or session at certain institutions of higher education. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 54.0514(d) and (e), Education Code, are amended to read as follows: (d) This section applies to an institution listed in Subsection (a) only if the legislature specifically appropriates money to the institution for the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2005 [2003], to cover the tuition revenue lost to the institution by the application of this section. (e) This section applies only to a summer term or session in 2004 [2002] or 2005 [2003]. This section expires January 1, 2006 [2004]. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.