By: Keel H.B. No. 2797
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to tuition charged by an institution of public higher
education for certain graduate programs.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.008(g), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(g) The governing board of an institution of higher
education shall set tuition for a law school or a graduate school of
business at the institution at a rate that is at least equal to the
rate prescribed by Subchapter B but not more than three times the
rate prescribed by Subchapter B.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with tuition charges
imposed for the fall semester of 2003.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.