83R17174 JRJ-F
By: Lewis, Naishtat H.B. No. 690
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 690:
By: Darby C.S.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) The Texas Higher Education 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 any legislative appropriation is made to the
coordinating board for that purpose. If the amount appropriated,
if any, 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.