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By:  Brown of Brazos                                              H.B. No. 20 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a pilot program to provide for reduced undergraduate 
tuition during a summer term or session at Texas A&M University.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 54.0516 to read as follows:
	Sec. 54.0516.  SPECIAL SUMMER TUITION RATES AT TEXAS A&M 
UNIVERSITY:  PILOT PROGRAM.  (a)  This section applies only to a 
resident undergraduate student enrolled for a summer term or 
session at Texas A&M University.
	(b)  Tuition, other than tuition under Section 54.0513, 
charged to a student to whom this section applies is one-half of the 
amount otherwise provided by this subchapter.
	(c)  The amount that the board of regents may charge as 
tuition under Section 54.0513 to a student to whom this section 
applies may not exceed the amount the board is authorized to charge 
to the student under Subsection (b).
	(d)  This section applies only if the legislature 
specifically appropriates money to Texas A&M University for the 
state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2007, 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 
2006 or 2007.  This section expires January 1, 2008.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           

COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
	Amend H.B. No. 20 on page 1, line 12, by striking "one-half" 
and substituting "three-fourths".

                                                               Brown of Brazos