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Amend CSSB 1 (the general appropriations act), in the Special
Provisions Relating Only to State Agencies of Higher Education in
Article III of the bill (page III-208), by adding the following
appropriately numbered section:
Sec. ____. Contingency Appropriation: Tuition for
Noncitizens Not Lawfully Present in United States. Contingent on
the enactment and becoming law of HB 50, HB 266, or HB 4482, SB 850,
or similar legislation by the 81st Legislature, Regular Session,
2009, relating to eliminating the provision authorizing aliens not
lawfully authorized to be present in the United States to pay
resident tuition at an institution of higher education, as defined
by Section 61.003, Education Code, revenue generated from increased
tuition paid by an alien that the alien would not have paid if the
legislation had not become law is appropriated to the institution
in which the alien is enrolled for general educational purposes.