| 1 | 1 | | S.B. No. 2244 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to the eligibility of employees of certain businesses or |
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| 6 | 6 | | organizations established as part of the state's economic |
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| 7 | 7 | | development program and of dependents of those employees to pay |
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| 8 | 8 | | resident tuition at public institutions of higher education. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 54.066, Education Code, is amended to |
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| 11 | 11 | | read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 54.066. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND DIVERSIFICATION. |
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| 13 | 13 | | (a) A person who registers at an institution of higher education |
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| 14 | 14 | | without having established resident status in this state under |
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| 15 | 15 | | Section 54.052 is entitled to pay tuition and required fees at the |
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| 16 | 16 | | rate provided for residents of this state if: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) the person or, as determined by coordinating board |
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| 18 | 18 | | rule, an adult member of the person's family who resides in the |
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| 19 | 19 | | person's household and is a primary caretaker of the person |
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| 20 | 20 | | establishes by the institution's enrollment date a residence in |
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| 21 | 21 | | this state as a result of the person's or caretaker's employment by |
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| 22 | 22 | | a business or organization that, not earlier than five years before |
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| 23 | 23 | | the enrollment date, became established in this state as part of the |
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| 24 | 24 | | program of state economic development and diversification |
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| 25 | 25 | | authorized by the law of this state; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2) the person files with that institution of higher |
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| 27 | 27 | | education a letter of intent to establish residency in this state. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in |
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| 29 | 29 | | consultation with the Texas Economic Development and Tourism |
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| 30 | 30 | | Office, shall establish procedures to determine: |
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| 31 | 31 | | (1) whether a business or organization meets the |
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| 32 | 32 | | requirements of this section; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) the date on which the business or organization |
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| 34 | 34 | | became established in this state as part of the program of state |
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| 35 | 35 | | economic development and diversification. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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| 37 | 37 | | 54.066, Education Code, applies beginning with tuition and required |
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| 38 | 38 | | fees for the fall 2010 semester. Tuition and fees for a semester or |
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| 39 | 39 | | other academic term before that semester are covered by the law in |
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| 40 | 40 | | effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the |
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| 41 | 41 | | former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2010. |
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| 43 | 43 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 44 | 44 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 45 | 45 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2244 passed the Senate on |
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| 46 | 46 | | April 24, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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| 47 | 47 | | ______________________________ |
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| 48 | 48 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 49 | 49 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2244 passed the House on |
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| 50 | 50 | | May 26, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 5, two |
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| 51 | 51 | | present not voting. |
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| 52 | 52 | | ______________________________ |
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| 53 | 53 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 54 | 54 | | Approved: |
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| 55 | 55 | | ______________________________ |
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| 56 | 56 | | Date |
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| 57 | 57 | | ______________________________ |
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| 58 | 58 | | Governor |
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