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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reduced tuition rates at public institutions of higher |
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education for certain children of state employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 54.0615 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.0615. REDUCED TUITION RATES FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN OF |
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STATE EMPLOYEES. (a) This section applies to tuition charged in a |
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semester or other academic term to a resident student of an |
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institution of higher education: |
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(1) who is 23 years of age or younger; and |
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(2) whose parent is employed full-time by this state |
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or an agency of this state and has been so employed for at least six |
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months before the semester or other term begins. |
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(b) An institution of higher education shall charge a |
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student to whom this section applies a total amount of tuition, |
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including designated tuition under Section 54.0513, that is at |
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least 10 percent less than the amount that would otherwise be |
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charged to the student. |
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(c) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall |
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adopt rules for the administration of this section. |
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SECTION 2. Section 54.0615, Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies beginning with tuition charged by an institution |
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of higher education for the 2009 fall semester. If a person who |
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becomes eligible for a reduced tuition rate in that semester under |
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that section has paid the tuition for that semester, the |
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institution of higher education shall refund to the student the |
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excess amount of the tuition paid. Tuition for a term or semester |
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before the 2009 fall semester is covered by the law in effect |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that 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, 2009. |