83R529 TJS-D
 
  By: West S.B. No. 110
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to eligibility to file for compensation by persons
  wrongfully imprisoned.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 103.003, Civil Practice and Remedies
  Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 2.  Section 103.054, Civil Practice and Remedies
  Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 103.054.  PAYMENT OF CERTAIN TUITION AND FEES. If
  requested by the claimant before the seventh anniversary of the
  date the claimant received the pardon or was granted relief as
  required by Section 103.001 [relevant date described by Section
  103.003], tuition for up to 120 credit hours, including tuition
  charged under Section 54.0513, Education Code, or any other law
  granting an educational institution discretion to set the tuition
  rate, and any mandatory fees associated with attendance at the
  institution, charged by a career center or public institution of
  higher education shall be paid on behalf of the claimant.
         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, 2013.