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By: Patrick (Senate Sponsor - Gallegos) |
H.B. No. 1053 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2011; |
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April 29, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher |
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Education; May 23, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 23, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the tuition exemption offered by public institutions of |
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higher education to firefighters enrolled in certain courses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 54, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 54.2082 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.2082. FIRE SCIENCE TUITION EXEMPTION ADVISORY |
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COMMITTEE. (a) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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shall establish an advisory committee to develop recommendations |
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for the implementation of the tuition exemption for students |
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enrolled in courses offered as part of a fire science curriculum |
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offered under Section 54.208, as amended by Chapters 1285 (H.B. |
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2013) and 1299 (H.B. 2347), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2009, including a determination of the definition and |
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scope of fire science curriculum. |
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(b) The advisory committee must be composed of members from |
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institutions of higher education, experts in the fire sciences, and |
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firefighters. |
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(c) The advisory committee may request the cooperation and |
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assistance of state agencies in preparing recommendations under |
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this section. |
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(d) Not later than September 1, 2012, the advisory committee |
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shall issue a report of its recommendations to the lieutenant |
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governor, the speaker of the house, each standing committee of the |
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legislature with jurisdiction over higher education, and the Texas |
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Higher Education Coordinating Board. |
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(e) This section expires January 1, 2013. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2011. |
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