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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility of children and other dependents of |
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certain military personnel or veterans for tuition and fee |
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exemptions at public institutions of higher education. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 54.341(k), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(k) The Texas Veterans Commission by rule shall prescribe |
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procedures to allow: |
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(1) a person who becomes eligible for an exemption |
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provided by Subsection (a), or an active member of the armed forces |
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of the United States who would otherwise be eligible for an |
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exemption provided by Subsection (a) but for the requirement to |
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have been honorably discharged, to waive the person's right to any |
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unused portion of the number of cumulative credit hours for which |
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the person could receive the exemption and assign the exemption for |
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the unused portion of those credit hours to a child of the person; |
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and |
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(2) following the death of a person who becomes |
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eligible for an exemption provided by Subsection (a), or an active |
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member of the armed forces of the United States who would otherwise |
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be eligible for an exemption provided by Subsection (a) but for the |
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requirement to have been honorably discharged, the assignment of |
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the exemption for the unused portion of the credit hours to a child |
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of the person, to be made by the person's spouse or by the |
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conservator, guardian, custodian, or other legally designated |
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caretaker of the child, if the child does not otherwise qualify for |
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an exemption under Subsection (b). |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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54.341, Education Code, applies beginning with tuition and fees |
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charged for the 2025 fall semester. Tuition and fees charged for a |
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term or semester before the 2025 fall semester are covered by the |
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law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |