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By: Wilson (Senate Sponsor - Flores) |
H.B. No. 3124 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2019; |
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May 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Higher |
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Education; May 19, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 19, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to tuition and fees charged by The Texas A&M University |
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System for certain national laboratory or national laboratory |
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operator employees and dependents. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 54, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 54.369 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.369. THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM; NATIONAL |
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LABORATORY OR NATIONAL LABORATORY OPERATOR EMPLOYEE OR DEPENDENT. |
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(a) In this section: |
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(1) "Board" means the board of regents of The Texas A&M |
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University System. |
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(2) "National laboratory" means a national laboratory |
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owned by the United States Department of Energy. |
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(3) "Operator" means a person awarded a contract to |
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operate and manage a national laboratory. |
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(b) A person, or the person's dependent, is entitled to pay |
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tuition and fees at the rates provided for Texas residents when |
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enrolled in an institution of The Texas A&M University System if the |
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person is employed by: |
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(1) a national laboratory with whom the board has |
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entered into a management and operation agreement or academic |
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affiliation agreement; or |
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(2) the operator of a national laboratory with whom |
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the board has entered into a membership agreement or equivalent |
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governance document. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with tuition and fees charged by The Texas A&M University |
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System for the 2019 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, 2019. |
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