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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of public institutions of higher |
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education to determine the eligibility of certain persons to pay |
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tuition at the rates established for residents of this state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 54.0521 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 54.0521. DETERMINATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR PAYMENT OF |
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TUITION AS RESIDENT. (a) For an academic year, the governing board |
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of an institution of higher education may determine whether a |
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student of the institution who is a resident of this state under |
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Section 52.052(a)(3) and who is not a resident or entitled to pay |
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tuition at resident rates under any other provision of this chapter |
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must pay tuition at the rates established under this chapter for |
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nonresidents. |
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(b) The governing board must make a determination under |
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Subsection (a) not later than February 1 of the academic year |
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preceding the academic year to which the determination applies. The |
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determination applies to all students described by Subsection (a) |
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for the applicable academic year. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply |
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beginning with tuition charged by an institution of higher |
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education for the 2014-2015 academic year. Tuition charged by an |
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institution of higher education in an academic year before that |
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academic year is covered by the law in effect 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 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, 2013. |