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AN ACT
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relating to certain competitive scholarship recipients at public |
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institutions of higher education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.969(c), Education Code, as added by |
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Chapter 422 (S.B. 1325), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows: |
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(c) Before receiving [A person applying for] a scholarship |
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originating from and administered by an institution of higher |
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education or university system, a person must file a written |
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statement with the institution or system [the application] |
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indicating whether the person is related within the third degree by |
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consanguinity or the second degree by affinity to a current member |
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of the governing board of the institution or system. |
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SECTION 2. Section 54.064, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read |
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as follows: |
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(a) An institution of higher education may charge a |
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nonresident [A] student who holds a competitive scholarship of at |
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least $1,000 for the academic year or summer term for which the |
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student is enrolled resident tuition and fees [and who is either a
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nonresident or a citizen of a country other than the United States
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of America is entitled to pay the fees and charges required of Texas
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residents] without regard to the length of time the student has |
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resided in Texas. The student must compete with other students, |
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including Texas residents, for the scholarship and the scholarship |
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must be awarded by a scholarship committee officially recognized by |
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the administration and be approved by the Texas Higher Education |
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Coordinating Board under criteria developed by the coordinating |
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board. |
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(c) A student who would be entitled to pay resident tuition |
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in the 2009-2010 academic year under this section as this section |
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existed on January 1, 2009, because the student is awarded a |
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competitive scholarship for that academic year in the amount |
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prescribed by Subsection (a) before the beginning of the 2009 fall |
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semester is entitled to continue to pay resident tuition under this |
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section as this section existed on January 1, 2009, in each semester |
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or other term in which the student is awarded such a scholarship, as |
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long as the student remains enrolled in the same certificate or |
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degree program. This subsection expires August 1, 2014. |
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(d) The difference between tuition charged to the student |
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under this section and the tuition the student would be charged if |
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this section did not apply to the student shall not be accounted for |
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in such a way as to reduce the general revenue appropriation to an |
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institution of higher education that charges a nonresident student |
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resident tuition and fees under this section. |
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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. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4244 was passed by the House on May 5, |
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2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 4244 on May 29, 2009, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 4244 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 146, |
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Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4244 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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4244 on June 1, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |