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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to tuition for certain students residing outside of a |
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junior college district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 130.0032, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) The governing board of a public junior college |
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district shall allow a person who resides outside the district and |
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in the taxing district of a contiguous public junior college |
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district to pay tuition and fees at the rate applicable to a student |
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who resides in the district for enrollment at a campus located |
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within an area in which the person resides that is designated as a |
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super neighborhood by a municipality with a population greater than |
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two million. |
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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, 2013. |