83R258 KJM-F
 
  By: Birdwell S.B. No. 437
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the determination of resident status of students by
  public institutions of higher education.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 54.052, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, a
  person who is not authorized by law to be present in the United
  States may not be considered a resident of this state for purposes
  of this title.
         SECTION 2.  Section 54.055, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an institution of
  higher education may not, on the basis of Section 54.052(c),
  reclassify as a nonresident of this state a student classified as a
  resident under Section 54.052(a)(3) if, not later than the
  beginning of the 2013-2014 academic year, the student has completed
  at least 30 semester credit hours at an institution of higher
  education.
         SECTION 3.  Except as provided by Section 54.055(c),
  Education Code, as added by this Act, a public institution of higher
  education in this state may, for any semester or academic term,
  before the beginning of that semester or academic term, reclassify
  as a nonresident a student previously classified as a resident of
  this state by the institution or another public institution of
  higher education in this state before the enactment of Section
  54.052(c), Education Code, as added by this Act, if the student is
  not authorized by law to be present in the United States.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.