BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center H.B. 2448 83R7430 JRJ-D By: Turner, Sylvester (Whitmire) Higher Education 5/15/2013 Engrossed BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center H.B. 2448 83R7430 JRJ-D By: Turner, Sylvester (Whitmire) Higher Education 5/15/2013 Engrossed Senate Research Center H.B. 2448 83R7430 JRJ-D By: Turner, Sylvester (Whitmire) Higher Education 5/15/2013 Engrossed AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT H.B. 2448 amends current law relating to tuition for certain students residing outside of a junior college district. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 130.0032, Education Code, by adding Subsection (b-1), to require the governing board of a public junior college district to allow a person who resides outside the district and in the taxing district of a contiguous public junior college district to pay tuition and fees at the rate applicable to a student who resides in the district for enrollment at a campus located within an area in which the person resides that is designated as a super neighborhood by a municipality with a population greater than two million. SECTION 2. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2013. AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT H.B. 2448 amends current law relating to tuition for certain students residing outside of a junior college district. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 130.0032, Education Code, by adding Subsection (b-1), to require the governing board of a public junior college district to allow a person who resides outside the district and in the taxing district of a contiguous public junior college district to pay tuition and fees at the rate applicable to a student who resides in the district for enrollment at a campus located within an area in which the person resides that is designated as a super neighborhood by a municipality with a population greater than two million. SECTION 2. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2013.