Bill Text: TX SB1123 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to conditions on the receipt of tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for adopted students formerly in foster or other residential care.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective immediately [SB1123 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1123-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1123 | ||
|
|
||
| relating to conditions on the receipt of tuition and fee exemptions | ||
| at public institutions of higher education for adopted students | ||
| formerly in foster or other residential care. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 54.2001(g), Education Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (g) This section does not apply to: | ||
| (1) the waiver provided by Section 54.216 or any other | ||
| reduction in tuition provided to a high school student for | ||
| enrollment in a dual credit course or other course for which the | ||
| student may earn joint high school and college credit; | ||
| (2) the exemption provided by Section | ||
| 54.341(a-2)(1)(A), (B), (C), or (D) or (b)(1)(A), (B), (C), or (D); | ||
| (3) the exemption provided by Section 54.342, [ |
||
| 54.366, or 54.367; or | ||
| (4) any provision of this code that authorizes or | ||
| requires the payment of tuition or fees at the rates provided for | ||
| residents of this state by a person who is not a resident of this | ||
| state for purposes of Subchapter B. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1123 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1123 passed the House on | ||
| May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
