Bill Text: TX HB3099 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of tuition and fee exemptions for certain military personnel and their dependents; requiring a fiscal impact study.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-25 - Referred to Higher Education [HB3099 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3099-Introduced.html
| By: Lewis | H.B. No. 3099 | |
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| relating to the eligibility of tuition and fee exemptions for | ||
| certain military personnel and their dependents; requiring a fiscal | ||
| impact study. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 54.341(l), Education Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (l) To be eligible to receive an exemption under Subsection | ||
| (k), the child must: | ||
| (1) be a student who is classified as a resident under | ||
| Subchapter B when the child enrolls in an institution of higher | ||
| education; | ||
| (2) have submitted the Free Application for Federal | ||
| Student Aid (FAFSA) and applied for any student financial | ||
| assistance for the which the child may be eligible; and | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 54.341, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (m) to read as follows: | ||
| (m) The value of an exemption to which a child is eligible | ||
| under Subsection (k) is limited to the net difference between the | ||
| tuition and fees to which the exemption applies and the total amount | ||
| of other grants or scholarships awarded to the child. | ||
| SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply | ||
| beginning with tuition and fees for the 2013 fall semester. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 61.0906, Education Code is added as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 61.0906. REPORTS TO JOINT OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. (a) | ||
| Not later June 1, 2014, the board shall submit to the Joint | ||
| Oversight Committee on Higher Education Governance, Excellence, | ||
| and Transparency a written report detailing the fiscal impact of | ||
| Section 54.341, Education Code on public institutions of higher | ||
| education. | ||
| (b) The report shall include a 25 year analysis of the | ||
| prospective fiscal impact to public institutions of higher | ||
| education. | ||
| (b) This section expires August 31, 2015. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
