H.B. No. 992
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to excess undergraduate credit hours at public
  institutions of higher education.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 51.907, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
         (g)  An institution of higher education shall provide
  written notice to each undergraduate student of the provisions of
  this section before the end of the first semester in which the
  student is enrolled in the institution.  The notice required by this
  subsection may be delivered by electronic mail or other method of
  written communication, as determined by the institution.
         SECTION 2.  Section 61.0595(d), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (d)  The following are not counted for purposes of
  determining whether the student has previously earned the number of
  semester credit hours specified by Subsection (a):
               (1)  semester credit hours earned by the student before
  receiving a baccalaureate degree that has previously been awarded
  to the student;
               (2)  semester credit hours earned by the student by
  examination or under any other procedure by which credit is earned
  without registering for a course for which tuition is charged;
               (3)  credit for a remedial education course, a
  technical course, a workforce education course funded according to
  contact hours, or another course that does not count toward a degree
  program at the institution;
               (4)  semester credit hours earned by the student at a
  private institution or an out-of-state institution; [and]
               (5)  semester credit hours earned by the student before
  graduating from high school and used to satisfy high school
  graduation requirements; and
               (6)  semester credit hours earned by the student before
  receiving an associate degree that has been previously awarded to
  the student in excess of the number of semester credit hours
  required for the completion of that degree.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act to Section
  61.0595, Education Code, applies beginning with the funding
  recommendations made under Section 61.059, Education Code, for the
  2013-2014 academic year.
         SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act to Section
  51.907, Education Code, applies beginning with the fall 2011
  semester.
         SECTION 5.  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, 2011.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 992 was passed by the House on April
  18, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 94, Nays 51, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 992 on May 27, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 107, Nays 32,
  3 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 992 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 25, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0
  .
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor