83R17174 JRJ-F
 
  By: Lewis, Naishtat H.B. No. 690
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 690:
 
  By:  Darby C.S.H.B. No. 690
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to reimbursing public institutions of higher education for
  tuition and fee exemptions for certain military personnel and their
  dependents.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 54.341, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (o) to read as follows:
         (o)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall
  reimburse an institution of higher education for all or a portion of
  the cost to the institution in providing exemptions under this
  section if any legislative appropriation is made to the
  coordinating board for that purpose. If the amount appropriated,
  if any, is insufficient to fully reimburse each institution under
  this subsection for a state fiscal year, the coordinating board
  shall provide the reimbursements based on the proportionate costs
  to the institutions in providing the exemptions.  The coordinating
  board may use a reasonable portion of the money appropriated to the
  coordinating board for the purpose of this subsection, not to
  exceed one percent, for the costs of administering this subsection.  
  The coordinating board by rule shall establish procedures for an
  institution to:
               (1)  request reimbursement under this subsection; and
               (2)  submit data requested by the coordinating board as
  necessary to administer this subsection.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies
  beginning with tuition and fee exemptions granted for the 2013 fall
  semester.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.