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1	1		By: Wilson H.B. No. 5619
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4	6		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	7		AN ACT
6	8		relating to extending the Hazlewood Exemption Act to active-duty
7	9		members.
8	10		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	11		SECTION 1. Chapter 54, Education Code, is amended by
10	12		amending Section 54.341 to read as follows:
11	13		(a) The governing board of each institution of higher
12	14		education shall exempt the following persons from the payment of
13	15		tuition, dues, fees, and other required charges, including fees for
14	16		correspondence courses but excluding general deposit fees, student
15	17		services fees, and any fees or charges for lodging, board, or
16	18		clothing, provided the person seeking the exemption currently
17	19		resides in this state and entered the service at a location in this
18	20		state, declared this state as the person's home of record in the
19	21		manner provided by the applicable military or other service, or
20	22		would have been determined to be a resident of this state for
21	23		purposes of Subchapter B at the time the person entered the service:
22	24		(1) all nurses and honorably discharged members of the
23	25		armed forces of the United States who served during the
24	26		Spanish-American War or during World War I;
25	27		(2) all nurses, members of the Women's Army Auxiliary
26	28		Corps, members of the Women's Auxiliary Volunteer Emergency
27	29		Service, and all honorably discharged members of the armed forces
28	30		of the United States who served during World War II except those who
29	31		were discharged from service because they were over the age of 38 or
30	32		because of a personal request on the part of the person that the
31	33		person be discharged from service;
32	34		(3) all honorably discharged men and women of the
33	35		armed forces of the United States who served during the national
34	36		emergency which began on June 27, 1950, and which is referred to as
35	37		the Korean War; and
36	38		(4) all persons who were honorably discharged from the
37	39		armed forces of the United States after serving on active military
38	40		duty, excluding training, for more than 180 days and who served a
39	41		portion of their active duty during:
40	42		(A) the Cold War which began on the date of the
41	43		termination of the national emergency cited in Subdivision (3);
42	44		(B) the Vietnam era which began on December 21,
43	45		1961, and ended on May 7, 1975;
44	46		(C) the Grenada and Lebanon era which began on
45	47		August 24, 1982, and ended on July 31, 1984;
46	48		(D) the Panama era which began on December 20,
47	49		1989, and ended on January 21, 1990;
48	50		(E) the Persian Gulf War which began on August 2,
49	51		1990, and ends on the date thereafter prescribed by Presidential
50	52		proclamation or September 1, 1997, whichever occurs first;
51	53		(F) the national emergency by reason of certain
52	54		terrorist attacks that began on September 11, 2001; or
53	55		(G) any future national emergency declared in
54	56		accordance with federal law.
55	57		(5) all persons currently serving on active duty or
56	58		any of the reserve components of the armed forces, who after serving
57	59		more than 180 days on active military duty after initial entry
58	60		training and served a portion of their active duty during the
59	61		qualifying periods listed in subsection (a)(4).
60	62		Section 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.