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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to tuition and fee bills or billing statements provided to |
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students by certain 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 54.015, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.015. BILLING AND NOTIFICATION FOR TUITION AND FEES. |
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(a) In this section, "general academic teaching institution" and |
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"public state college" have the meanings assigned by Section |
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61.003. |
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(b) A general academic teaching institution other than a |
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public state college shall provide to each student enrolled at the |
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institution for a semester or term a tuition and fee bill or other |
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billing statement for that semester or term. The bill or statement |
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must: |
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(1) state the total amount of all tuition and fees |
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charged to the student for the semester or term; and |
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(2) include an itemized list of: |
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(A) the tuition and fees charged to the student |
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by the institution for each course in which the student is enrolled |
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for that semester or term; and |
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(B) each other fee charged to the student by the |
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institution for that semester or term. |
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(c) For billing and catalogue purposes, each governing |
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board shall accumulate all the tuition that it charges under this |
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chapter into one tuition charge. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with the 2015 fall semester. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2015. |