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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to fees charged to certain military personnel for taking |
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an assessment instrument under the Texas Success Initiative. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.3062, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (r-1) to read as follows: |
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(r-1) If a student described by Subsection (r)(4), (5), or |
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(6) elects to take an assessment instrument under this section, the |
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institution of higher education that administers the instrument to |
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the student may not charge the student any fee for taking the |
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instrument. |
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SECTION 2. Section 51.3062(r-1), Education Code, as added |
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by this Act, applies beginning with the assessment of entering |
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undergraduate students at public institutions of higher education |
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for the 2017 fall semester. The assessment of an entering |
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undergraduate student for an academic term before that semester is |
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covered by the law in effect before the effective date of this Act, |
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and that 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, 2017. |