| 1 | 1 | | 83R17174 JRJ-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Lewis, Naishtat H.B. No. 690 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 690: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Darby C.S.H.B. No. 690 |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to reimbursing public institutions of higher education for |
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| 10 | 10 | | tuition and fee exemptions for certain military personnel and their |
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| 11 | 11 | | dependents. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 54.341, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 14 | 14 | | adding Subsection (o) to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (o) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall |
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| 16 | 16 | | reimburse an institution of higher education for all or a portion of |
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| 17 | 17 | | the cost to the institution in providing exemptions under this |
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| 18 | 18 | | section if any legislative appropriation is made to the |
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| 19 | 19 | | coordinating board for that purpose. If the amount appropriated, |
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| 20 | 20 | | if any, is insufficient to fully reimburse each institution under |
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| 21 | 21 | | this subsection for a state fiscal year, the coordinating board |
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| 22 | 22 | | shall provide the reimbursements based on the proportionate costs |
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| 23 | 23 | | to the institutions in providing the exemptions. The coordinating |
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| 24 | 24 | | board may use a reasonable portion of the money appropriated to the |
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| 25 | 25 | | coordinating board for the purpose of this subsection, not to |
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| 26 | 26 | | exceed one percent, for the costs of administering this subsection. |
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| 27 | 27 | | The coordinating board by rule shall establish procedures for an |
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| 28 | 28 | | institution to: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (1) request reimbursement under this subsection; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) submit data requested by the coordinating board as |
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| 31 | 31 | | necessary to administer this subsection. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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| 33 | 33 | | beginning with tuition and fee exemptions granted for the 2013 fall |
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| 34 | 34 | | semester. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 36 | 36 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 37 | 37 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 38 | 38 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 39 | 39 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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