| 1 | 1 | | 89R341 CXP-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 61 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to conditions on the continued receipt of tuition and fee |
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| 10 | 10 | | benefits at public institutions of higher education for senior |
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| 11 | 11 | | citizens. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 54.2001(g), Education Code, is amended |
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| 14 | 14 | | to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (g) This section does not apply to: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) the waiver provided by Section 54.216 or any other |
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| 17 | 17 | | reduction in tuition provided to a high school student for |
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| 18 | 18 | | enrollment in a dual credit course or other course for which the |
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| 19 | 19 | | student may earn joint high school and college credit; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) the exemption provided by Section |
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| 21 | 21 | | 54.341(a-2)(1)(A), (B), (C), or (D) or (b)(1)(A), (B), (C), or (D); |
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| 22 | 22 | | (3) the exemption provided by Section 54.342, 54.366, |
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| 23 | 23 | | or 54.367; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (4) the benefit provided by Section 54.365(c); or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (5) [(4)] any provision of this code that authorizes |
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| 26 | 26 | | or requires the payment of tuition or fees at the rates provided for |
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| 27 | 27 | | residents of this state by a person who is not a resident of this |
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| 28 | 28 | | state for purposes of Subchapter B. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 30 | 30 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 31 | 31 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 33 | 33 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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