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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reduced tuition and fees for certain junior college |
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district students who reside outside of the district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 130.0032(c), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c) The governing board of a public junior college district |
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may allow a person who resides outside the district to pay tuition |
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and fees at a rate less than the rate applicable to other persons |
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residing outside the district, but not less than the rate |
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applicable to a student who resides in the district, if the person: |
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(1) resides within the service area of the district; |
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and |
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(2) [does not reside in an independent school district
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that meets the criteria of the coordinating board for the
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establishment of a junior college district under Section 130.013;
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and
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[(3)] demonstrates financial need in accordance with |
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rules adopted by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with tuition and fees for the 2007 fall semester. Tuition |
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and fees for a term or semester before the 2007 fall semester are |
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covered by the law in effect immediately before the effective date |
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of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |