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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of |
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higher education for certain Texas military veterans. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 54.203, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows: |
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(a-3) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(4), a person who meets |
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the requirements of Subsection (a)(4), other than the requirement |
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that the person must have served on active military duty for more |
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than the stated number of days, is entitled to the exemption |
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provided by Subsection (a)(4) regardless of the length of the |
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member's active military duty if the person was a member of the |
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Texas National Guard or the Texas Air National Guard who was |
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assigned to a theater of combat operation with the armed forces of |
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the United States. |
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SECTION 2. Section 54.203(a-3), Education Code, as added by |
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this Act, applies beginning with tuition and fees at a public |
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institution of higher education for the 2011 fall semester. |
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Tuition and fees for a term or semester before the 2011 fall |
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semester are covered by the law in effect immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that 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, 2011. |