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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to allowing certain military personnel to receive certain |
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federal and state higher education benefits concurrently. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (e), Section 54.203, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(e) A [The exemption from fees provided for in Subsection
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(a) of this section does not apply to a person if at the time of his
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registration he is eligible for educational benefits under federal
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legislation in effect at the time of his registration if the value
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of those benefits is equal to or exceeds the value of the exemption,
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except that the person must first utilize the federal benefit for
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which he is eligible and the combined amount of the federal benefit
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plus the amount of this waiver shall not exceed the maximum value of
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the waiver. A person is covered by the exemptions if his right to
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benefits under federal legislation is extinguished at the time of
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his registration, except that a] person is not eligible for an |
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exemption from fees under this section if the person's right to |
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educational benefits under federal law [legislation] is |
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extinguished because the person is in default of repayment of a loan |
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made to the person under a federal program to provide or guarantee |
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loans for educational purposes. A person is not eligible for the |
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exemption if the person is in default on a loan made or guaranteed |
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for educational purposes by the State of Texas. |
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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. |
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