Bill Text: TX HB2540 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for the siblings of certain military personnel.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to Higher Education [HB2540 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2540-Introduced.html
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By: Raymond | H.B. No. 2540 |
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relating to tuition and fee exemptions at public institutions of | ||
higher education for the siblings of certain military personnel. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 54.341, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a-2) and (b-1) and adding Subsection (a-5) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a-2) The exemptions provided for in Subsection (a) also | ||
apply to the spouse or a sibling of: | ||
(1) a member of the armed forces of the United States: | ||
(A) who was killed in action; | ||
(B) who died while in service; | ||
(C) who is missing in action; | ||
(D) whose death is documented to be directly | ||
caused by illness or injury connected with service in the armed | ||
forces of the United States; or | ||
(E) who became totally and permanently disabled | ||
or meets the eligibility requirements for individual | ||
unemployability according to the disability ratings of the | ||
Department of Veterans Affairs as a result of a service-related | ||
injury; or | ||
(2) a member of the Texas National Guard or the Texas | ||
Air National Guard who: | ||
(A) was killed since January 1, 1946, while on | ||
active duty either in the service of this state or the United | ||
States; or | ||
(B) is totally and permanently disabled or meets | ||
the eligibility requirements for individual unemployability | ||
according to the disability ratings of the Department of Veterans | ||
Affairs, regardless of whether the member is eligible to receive | ||
disability benefits from the department, as a result of a | ||
service-related injury suffered since January 1, 1946, while on | ||
active duty either in the service of this state or the United | ||
States. | ||
(a-5) A sibling of a member of the armed forces may qualify | ||
for an exemption under Subsection (a-2) only if the member does not | ||
have a spouse or child. | ||
(b-1) To qualify for an exemption under Subsection (a-2) or | ||
(b), the spouse, [ |
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resident under Subchapter B on the date of the spouse's, [ |
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child's, or sibling's registration. | ||
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section | ||
54.341, Education Code, apply beginning with tuition and fees | ||
charged for the 2023 fall semester. Tuition and fees charged for a | ||
term or semester before the 2023 fall semester are covered by the | ||
law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and | ||
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |