83R1260 JRJ-D
By: White H.B. No. 2850
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to exempting certain low-income students from the payment
of certain fees at a public institution of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 54, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 54.369 to read as follows:
Sec. 54.369. FEE EXEMPTION FOR CERTAIN LOW-INCOME STUDENTS.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, an institution of higher
education shall exempt from the payment of fees authorized under
Subchapter E any student who:
(1) is eligible for student financial assistance
provided by this state; and
(2) has a family income that is below the federal
poverty line.
(b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall
adopt rules for the administration of this section.
SECTION 2. Section 54.369, Education Code, as added by this
Act, applies beginning with fees charged by a public institution of
higher education for the 2014-2015 academic year.
SECTION 3. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
shall adopt any rules necessary under Section 54.369, Education
Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable after this Act
takes effect. For that purpose, the coordinating board may adopt
the initial rules in the manner provided by law for emergency rules.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.