Bill Text: TX HB4617 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the requirements for an electronic system to monitor tuition and fee exemptions for veterans and military personnel and their dependents.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-27 - Left pending in committee [HB4617 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4617-Introduced.html
88R11682 JRJ-D | ||
By: Bumgarner | H.B. No. 4617 |
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relating to the requirements for an electronic system to monitor | ||
tuition and fee exemptions for veterans and military personnel and | ||
their dependents. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 434.00791(b), Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) The commission shall ensure a system to electronically | ||
monitor the use of tuition and fee exemptions at institutions of | ||
higher education under Section 54.341, Education Code, is | ||
developed. The system must allow the commission to electronically | ||
receive, for each semester, the following information from | ||
institutions of higher education: | ||
(1) the name of the institution; | ||
(2) the name, identification number, and date of birth | ||
of each individual attending the institution and receiving benefits | ||
for the semester under Section 54.341, Education Code; | ||
(3) for each individual receiving benefits, the number | ||
of credit hours for which the individual received an exemption for | ||
the semester; | ||
(4) for each individual receiving benefits at the | ||
institution during the semester, the total cumulative number of | ||
credit hours for which the individual has received an exemption at | ||
the institution; [ |
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(5) copies of any documentation required from an | ||
individual attending the institution for the receipt of benefits | ||
for the semester; and | ||
(6) any other information required by the commission. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply | ||
beginning with the 2023 fall semester. | ||
SECTION 3. 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 September 1, 2023. |