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By: Turner of Harris (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) |
H.B. No. 2448 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2013; |
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May 7, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher |
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Education; May 20, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; |
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May 20, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2448 |
By: Watson |
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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 that includes at least six campuses shall allow a person |
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who resides outside the district and in the taxing district of a |
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contiguous public junior college district to pay tuition and fees |
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at the rate applicable to a student who resides in the district for |
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enrollment at a campus located within an area in which the person |
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resides that, as of January 1, 2013, is designated as a super |
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neighborhood by a municipality with a population greater than two |
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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. |
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