By:  Zaffirini                                                    S.B. No. 1521

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to tuition charged by a public institution of higher education for certain graduate programs. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subsection (g), Section 54.008, 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.