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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing resident tuition at public institutions of |
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higher education for certain military veterans and their |
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dependents. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 54.058(i), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(i) A former member of the Armed Forces of the United States |
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or the former member's spouse or dependent child is entitled to pay |
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the tuition fees and other fees or charges provided for Texas |
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residents for any term or semester at a state institution of higher |
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education [that begins before the first anniversary of the member's
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separation from the Armed Forces] if the former member[:
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[(1)] has retired, [or] been honorably discharged or |
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separated, or received a general discharge under honorable |
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conditions from the Armed Forces[; and
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[(2)
has complied with the requirements of Subsection
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(d)]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 54.058(i), Education Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies beginning with tuition and other fees charged for |
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the first term or semester that begins after the effective date of |
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this Act, but not earlier than the 2009 fall semester. Tuition and |
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other fees charged for an academic period before that term or |
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semester are covered by the law in effect immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in |
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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. |