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By:  Van de Putte                                                 S.B. No. 1852


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to consideration of a person's eligibility for a tuition 
and fee exemption for certain veterans or their family members in 
determining whether to admit the person into a certificate or 
degree program of a public institution of higher education.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 54.203, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
	(h)  In determining whether to admit a person to any 
certificate program or any baccalaureate, graduate, postgraduate, 
or professional degree program, an institution of higher education 
may not consider the fact that the person is eligible for an 
exemption under this section.
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (h), Section 54.203, Education Code, 
as added by this Act, applies beginning with admissions to a public 
institution of higher education for the 2006 spring semester.  
Admissions to a public institution of higher education before that 
semester are covered by the law in effect 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.