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| 1 | 1 | 81R5190 JRJ-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Veasey H.B. No. 1502 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to tuition exemptions at public institutions of higher | |
| 8 | 8 | education for dependents of certain military personnel deployed in | |
| 9 | 9 | combat zones. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 54.058, Education Code, is amended by | |
| 12 | 12 | adding Subsection (k) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (k) An institution of higher education shall exempt from the | |
| 14 | 14 | payment of tuition a dependent child, including a stepchild, of a | |
| 15 | 15 | member of the Armed Forces of the United States for a semester or | |
| 16 | 16 | other academic term during which the member of the armed forces is | |
| 17 | 17 | deployed to combat or a combat support posting in a foreign country. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. Section 54.058(k), Education Code, as added by | |
| 19 | 19 | this Act, applies beginning with tuition charged by a public | |
| 20 | 20 | institution of higher education for the 2009-2010 academic year. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |