83R2572 KJM-F
By: Lewis H.B. No. 690
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reimbursing public institutions of higher education for
tuition and fee exemptions for certain military personnel and their
dependents.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 54.341, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (o) to read as follows:
(o) Based on the amount of any legislative appropriations
made to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for the
purpose and any other available funds that the coordinating board
applies to the purpose, the coordinating board shall reimburse an
institution of higher education for all or a portion of the cost to
the institution in providing exemptions under this section. If the
amount appropriated is insufficient to fully reimburse each
institution under this subsection for a state fiscal year, the
coordinating board shall provide the reimbursements based on the
proportionate costs to the institutions in providing the
exemptions. The coordinating board may use a reasonable portion of
the money appropriated to the coordinating board for the purpose of
this subsection, not to exceed one percent, for the costs of
administering this subsection. The coordinating board by rule
shall establish procedures for an institution to:
(1) request reimbursement under this subsection; and
(2) submit data requested by the coordinating board as
necessary to administer this subsection.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies
beginning with tuition and fee exemptions granted for the 2013 fall
semester.
SECTION 3. 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, 2013.