Amend SB 2104 on third reading as follows:

(1)  Strike SECTION 2 of the bill (page 3, line 10) and substitute the following:

SECTION 2.  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

(b)  Section 54.241, Education Code, as amended by this Act, takes effect immediately if this Act 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, Section 54.241, Education Code, as amended by this Act, takes effect September 1, 2019.

(2)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 54.241(g), Education Code, is amended to read as follows:

(g)  If a member of the Armed Forces of the United States is stationed outside Texas, an [and the member's spouse or child establishes residence in Texas by residing in Texas and by filing with the Texas institution of higher education at which the spouse or child plans to register a letter of intent to establish residence in Texas, the] institution of higher education shall:

(1)  permit the member's spouse or child to pay the tuition, fees, and other charges provided for Texas residents without regard to the length of time that the spouse or child has resided in Texas if the spouse or child establishes residence in Texas by residing in Texas and by filing with the Texas institution of higher education at which the spouse or child plans to register a letter of intent to establish residence in Texas; and

(B)  maintained a domicile in this state continuously for at least one year before the member was assigned to duty outside Texas.

SECTION ____.  Section 54.241, Education Code, as amended by this Act, applies beginning with tuition and fees charged for the 2019 fall semester.