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	Amend SB 175 on third reading by inserting into the bill the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering 
subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Subchapter A, Chapter 54, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 54.016 to read as follows:
	Sec. 54.016.  FIXED TUITION RATE FOR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS.  
(a)  In this section:
		(1)  "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher 
Education Coordinating Board.
		(2)  "General academic teaching institution," "public 
junior college," "public state college," and "public technical 
institute" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003.
		(3)  "Lower-division institution of higher education" 
means a public junior college, public state college, or public 
technical institute.
	(b)  Except as otherwise provided by this section, in a 
semester or other academic term, the governing board of a general 
academic teaching institution or lower-division institution of 
higher education may not charge tuition to an undergraduate student 
under Section 54.0513, or under any other law granting the 
institution discretion to set the tuition rate, at a rate that 
exceeds the rate the institution charged to the student during the 
first semester or other academic term that the student enrolled at 
the institution if the student is currently and at all times while 
enrolled at the institution has been a resident of this state for 
purposes of Subchapter B or was otherwise entitled to pay tuition at 
the rate provided for residents of this state.
	(c)  For a student enrolled at a general academic teaching 
institution other than a public state college, Subsection (b) does 
not apply to the student after:
		(1)  the fourth anniversary of the date the student 
first enrolls at any public institution of higher education, 
regardless of whether the student transfers among any public or 
private institutions of higher education after the initial 
enrollment, if the student is enrolled in a degree program of four 
years or less; or
		(2)  the fifth anniversary of the date the student 
first enrolls at any public institution of higher education, 
regardless of whether the student transfers among any public or 
private institutions of higher education after the initial 
enrollment, if the student is enrolled in a degree program of more 
than four years.
	(d)  For a student enrolled at a lower-division institution 
of higher education, Subsection (b) does not apply to the student 
after the second anniversary of the date the student first enrolls 
at any lower-division institution of higher education, regardless 
of whether the student transfers among any public or private 
institutions of higher education after the initial enrollment.
	(e)  Each general academic teaching institution or 
lower-division institution of higher education shall notify each 
entering undergraduate student, including each undergraduate 
student who transfers to the institution, of the eligibility 
requirements for a fixed tuition rate under this section.
	(f)  In consultation with the general academic teaching 
institutions and lower-division institutions of higher education, 
the coordinating board shall adopt any rules the coordinating board 
considers appropriate for the administration of this section.
	(g)  This section does not apply to a student who enters a 
general academic teaching institution or lower-division 
institution of higher education for the first time before the 2010 
fall semester.  This subsection expires January 1, 2016.