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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to education benefits at public institutions of higher |
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education for certain survivors of public servants. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as Caleb Rule's Law. |
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SECTION 2. Section 54.354(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A person is eligible to receive education benefits under |
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this section if the person is one of the following eligible |
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survivors of an individual listed under Section 615.003, Government |
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Code: |
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(1) a surviving spouse; or |
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(2) a surviving [minor] child who: |
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(A) on the date of the listed individual's death |
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is younger than 25 years of age; and |
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(B) if the child is not a biological or adopted |
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child of the listed individual, was claimed as a dependent on the |
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individual's federal income tax return for the year preceding the |
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year of the individual's death [as defined by Section 615.001, |
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Government Code]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 54.354(a), Education Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies beginning with costs charged for the spring 2022 |
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semester. Costs charged for an academic period before that semester |
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are covered by the law in effect immediately before the effective |
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date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 4. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the |
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legislative session. |