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                                                                  S.B. No. 1521




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.
______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1521 passed the Senate on May 13, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1521 passed the House on May 28, 2003, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, two present not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: ______________________________ Date ______________________________ Governor