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S.B. No. 1037
AN ACT
relating to tuition rates for Olympic athletes residing and
training in Texas.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 54.073 to read as follows:
Sec. 54.073. TUITION RATES FOR OLYMPIC ATHLETES. (a) A
person enrolled in The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas
Southmost College is entitled to pay tuition and fees at the rates
provided for Texas residents if the person:
(1) is in residence and in training as a participating
athlete in a Community Olympic Development Program or at a United
States Olympic training center located in this state;
(2) is residing permanently or temporarily in this
state while in training as a participating athlete:
(A) in a Community Olympic Development Program
located in this state; or
(B) at a United States Olympic training center
located in this state in a program approved by the governing body
for the athlete's Olympic sport; or
(3) is residing permanently or temporarily in this
state while in training as a participating athlete at a facility in
this state approved by the governing body for the athlete's Olympic
sport, in a program approved by that body.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a person who is entitled
to pay resident tuition and fees only as permitted by this section
is not considered a Texas resident under this subchapter for
purposes of a financial aid program offered by this state.
SECTION 2. Section 54.073, Education Code, as added by this
Act, applies beginning with tuition and other fees charged for the
2005 fall semester. Tuition and other fees charged for an academic
period before the 2005 fall semester are covered by the law in
effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1037 passed the Senate on
May 3, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the
Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2005, by the
following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1037 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 25, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 144,
Nays 0, two present not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
______________________________
Date
______________________________
Governor