| 1 | 1 | | 85R6099 SRS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Blanco H.B. No. 1835 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to fees charged to certain military personnel for taking |
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| 8 | 8 | | an assessment instrument under the Texas Success Initiative. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 51.3062, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 11 | | adding Subsection (r-1) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (r-1) If a student described by Subsection (r)(4), (5), or |
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| 13 | 13 | | (6) elects to take an assessment instrument under this section, the |
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| 14 | 14 | | institution of higher education that administers the instrument to |
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| 15 | 15 | | the student may not charge the student any fee for taking the |
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| 16 | 16 | | instrument. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. Section 51.3062(r-1), Education Code, as added |
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| 18 | 18 | | by this Act, applies beginning with the assessment of entering |
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| 19 | 19 | | undergraduate students at public institutions of higher education |
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| 20 | 20 | | for the 2017 fall semester. The assessment of an entering |
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| 21 | 21 | | undergraduate student for an academic term before that semester is |
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| 22 | 22 | | covered by the law in effect before the effective date of this Act, |
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| 23 | 23 | | and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 25 | 25 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 26 | 26 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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