Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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1	1	85R7573 KJE-D
2	2	By: Holland H.B. No. 1590
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of
8	8	higher education for certain military personnel dependents.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Sections 54.341(a-2) and (b), Education Code,
11	11	are amended to read as follows:
12	12	(a-2) The exemptions provided for in Subsection (a) also
13	13	apply to the spouse of:
14	14	(1) a member of the armed forces of the United States:
15	15	(A) who was killed in action;
16	16	(B) who died while in service;
17	17	(C) who is missing in action;
18	18	(D) whose death is documented to be directly
19	19	caused by illness or injury connected with service in the armed
20	20	forces of the United States; or
21	21	(E) who, as a result of a service-related injury:
22	22	(i) became at least 80 percent disabled
23	23	according to the disability ratings of the United States Department
24	24	of Defense; or
25	25	(ii) became totally and permanently disabled
26	26	or meets the eligibility requirements for individual
27	27	unemployability according to the disability ratings of the
28	28	Department of Veterans Affairs [as a result of a service-related
29	29	injury]; or
30	30	(2) a member of the Texas National Guard or the Texas
31	31	Air National Guard who:
32	32	(A) was killed since January 1, 1946, while on
33	33	active duty either in the service of this state or the United
34	34	States; or
35	35	(B) as a result of a service-related injury
36	36	suffered since January 1, 1946, while on active duty either in the
37	37	service of this state or the United States:
38	38	(i) is at least 80 percent disabled
39	39	according to the disability ratings of the United States Department
40	40	of Defense, regardless of whether the member is eligible to receive
41	41	disability benefits from the department; or
42	42	(ii) is totally and permanently disabled or
43	43	meets the eligibility requirements for individual unemployability
44	44	according to the disability ratings of the Department of Veterans
45	45	Affairs, regardless of whether the member is eligible to receive
46	46	disability benefits from the department[, as a result of a
47	47	service-related injury suffered since January 1, 1946, while on
48	48	active duty either in the service of this state or the United
49	49	States].
50	50	(b) The exemptions provided for in Subsection (a) also apply
51	51	to:
52	52	(1) the children of members of the armed forces of the
53	53	United States:
54	54	(A) who are or were killed in action;
55	55	(B) who die or died while in service;
56	56	(C) who are missing in action;
57	57	(D) whose death is documented to be directly
58	58	caused by illness or injury connected with service in the armed
59	59	forces of the United States; or
60	60	(E) who, as a result of a service-related injury:
61	61	(i) became at least 80 percent disabled
62	62	according to the disability ratings of the United States Department
63	63	of Defense; or
64	64	(ii) became totally and permanently disabled
65	65	or meet the eligibility requirements for individual
66	66	unemployability according to the disability ratings of the
67	67	Department of Veterans Affairs [as a result of a service-related
68	68	injury]; and
69	69	(2) the children of members of the Texas National
70	70	Guard and the Texas Air National Guard who:
71	71	(A) were killed since January 1, 1946, while on
72	72	active duty either in the service of their state or the United
73	73	States; or
74	74	(B) as a result of a service-related injury
75	75	suffered since January 1, 1946, while on active duty either in the
76	76	service of this state or the United States:
77	77	(i) are at least 80 percent disabled
78	78	according to the disability ratings of the United States Department
79	79	of Defense, regardless of whether the members are eligible to
80	80	receive disability benefits from the department; or
81	81	(ii) are totally and permanently disabled or
82	82	meet the eligibility requirements for individual unemployability
83	83	according to the disability ratings of the Department of Veterans
84	84	Affairs, regardless of whether the members are eligible to receive
85	85	disability benefits from the department[, as a result of a
86	86	service-related injury suffered since January 1, 1946, while on
87	87	active duty either in the service of this state or the United
88	88	States].
89	89	SECTION 2. Section 54.341, Education Code, as amended by
90	90	this Act, applies to an exemption from the payment of all or part of
91	91	tuition or other fees beginning with tuition and fees charged for
92	92	the 2018 fall semester.
93	93	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.