By:  Strama                                                       H.B. No. 3032



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to reduced tuition for certain public junior college 
district students.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 130.0032, Texas Education Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 130.0032.  TUITION FOR STUDENTS RESIDING OUTSIDE OF 
DISTRICT.  (a)  The governing board of a public junior college 
district may allow a person who resides outside the district and who 
owns property subject to ad valorem taxation by the district or a 
dependent of the person, to pay tuition at the rate applicable to a 
student who resides in the district.
	(b)  The governing board of a public junior college district 
may allow a person who resides outside the district and in the 
taxing district of a contiguous public junior college district to 
pay tuition and fees at the rate applicable to a student who resides 
in the district.
	(c)  The governing board of a public junior college district 
may allow a person who resides outside the district to pay tuition 
and fees at a rate less than the rate applicable to other persons 
residing outside the district, but not less than the rate 
applicable to a student who resides in the district, if the person:
		(1)  resides within the service area of the district; 
and                   
		(2)  [does not reside in an independent school district 
that meets the criteria of the coordinating board for the 
establishment of a junior college district under Section 130.013; 
and
		[(3)]  demonstrates financial need in accordance with 
rules adopted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to tuition for a semester that begins on or after December 1, 2005.
	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, 2005.