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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility of employees of certain businesses or |
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organizations established as part of the state's economic |
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development program and of dependents of those employees to pay |
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resident tuition at public 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 54.066, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.066. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSIFICATION. |
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(a) A person who registers at an institution of higher education |
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without having established resident status in this state under |
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Section 54.052 is entitled to pay tuition and required fees at the |
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rate provided for residents of this state if: |
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(1) the person or, as determined by coordinating board |
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rule, an adult member of the person's family who resides in the |
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person's household and is a primary caretaker of the person |
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establishes by the institution's enrollment date a residence in |
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this state as a result of the person's or caretaker's employment by |
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a business or organization that, not earlier than five years before |
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the enrollment date, became established in this state as part of the |
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program of state economic development and diversification |
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authorized by the law of this state; and |
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(2) the person files with that institution of higher |
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education a letter of intent to establish residency in this state. |
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(b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in |
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consultation with the Texas Economic Development and Tourism |
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Office, shall establish procedures to determine: |
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(1) whether a business or organization meets the |
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requirements of this section; and |
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(2) the date on which the business or organization |
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became established in this state as part of the program of state |
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economic development and diversification. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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54.066, Education Code, applies beginning with tuition and required |
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fees for the fall 2010 semester. Tuition and fees for a semester or |
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other academic term before that semester are covered by the law in |
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effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2010. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2244 passed the Senate on |
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April 24, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2244 passed the House on |
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May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 5, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |