Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R3433 AND-D
2	2	By: Isaac H.B. No. 2839
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of
10	10	higher education for certain military personnel.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 54.341(a), Education Code, is amended to
13	13	read as follows:
14	14	(a) The governing board of each institution of higher
15	15	education shall exempt the following persons from the payment of
16	16	tuition, dues, fees, and other required charges, including fees for
17	17	correspondence courses but excluding general deposit fees, student
18	18	services fees, and any fees or charges for lodging, board, or
19	19	clothing, provided the person seeking the exemption currently
20	20	resides in this state [and entered the service at a location in this
21	21	state, declared this state as the person's home of record in the
22	22	manner provided by the applicable military or other service, or
23	23	would have been determined to be a resident of this state for
24	24	purposes of Subchapter B at the time the person entered the
25	25	service]:
26	26	(1) all nurses and honorably discharged members of the
27	27	armed forces of the United States who served during the
28	28	Spanish-American War or during World War I;
29	29	(2) all nurses, members of the Women's Army Auxiliary
30	30	Corps, members of the Women's Auxiliary Volunteer Emergency
31	31	Service, and all honorably discharged members of the armed forces
32	32	of the United States who served during World War II except those who
33	33	were discharged from service because they were over the age of 38 or
34	34	because of a personal request on the part of the person that the
35	35	person be discharged from service;
36	36	(3) all honorably discharged men and women of the
37	37	armed forces of the United States who served during the national
38	38	emergency which began on June 27, 1950, and which is referred to as
39	39	the Korean War; and
40	40	(4) all persons who were honorably discharged from the
41	41	armed forces of the United States after serving on active military
42	42	duty, excluding training, for more than 180 days and who served a
43	43	portion of their active duty during:
44	44	(A) the Cold War which began on the date of the
45	45	termination of the national emergency cited in Subdivision (3);
46	46	(B) the Vietnam era which began on December 21,
47	47	1961, and ended on May 7, 1975;
48	48	(C) the Grenada and Lebanon era which began on
49	49	August 24, 1982, and ended on July 31, 1984;
50	50	(D) the Panama era which began on December 20,
51	51	1989, and ended on January 21, 1990;
52	52	(E) the Persian Gulf War which began on August 2,
53	53	1990, and ends on the date thereafter prescribed by Presidential
54	54	proclamation or September 1, 1997, whichever occurs first;
55	55	(F) the national emergency by reason of certain
56	56	terrorist attacks that began on September 11, 2001; or
57	57	(G) any future national emergency declared in
58	58	accordance with federal law.
59	59	SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
60	60	54.341, Education Code, apply beginning with tuition and fees
61	61	charged for the 2025 fall semester. Tuition and fees charged for a
62	62	term or semester before the 2025 fall semester are covered by the
63	63	law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and
64	64	the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
65	65	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
66	66	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
67	67	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
68	68	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
69	69	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.