By: Hochberg H.B. No. 2345
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to financial assistance for resident undergraduate and
  graduate students.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 56.011, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  This section does not apply to an increase in tuition in
  excess of $46 per semester credit hour that occurs after February 1,
  2011, to the extent that such an increase is matched by an equal
  reduction in required student fees.
         SECTION 2.  Section 56.012, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  This section does not apply to an increase in tuition in
  excess of $46 per semester credit hour that occurs after February 1,
  2011, to the extent that such an increase is matched by an equal
  reduction in required student fees.
         SECTION 3.  EFFECTIVE DATE. 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.