By: Hochberg H.B. No. 2345 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to financial assistance for resident undergraduate and graduate students. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 56.011, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) This section does not apply to an increase in tuition in excess of $46 per semester credit hour that occurs after February 1, 2011, to the extent that such an increase is matched by an equal reduction in required student fees. SECTION 2. Section 56.012, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) This section does not apply to an increase in tuition in excess of $46 per semester credit hour that occurs after February 1, 2011, to the extent that such an increase is matched by an equal reduction in required student fees. SECTION 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2011.