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            |  | AN ACT | 
         
            |  | relating to formula funding for certain nonresident students | 
         
            |  | enrolled at Lamar State College--Orange. | 
         
            |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
            |  | SECTION 1.  Section 61.059, Education Code, is amended by | 
         
            |  | adding Subsection (n-1) to read as follows: | 
         
            |  | (n-1)  In the formula applicable to Lamar State | 
         
            |  | College--Orange for funding instruction and administration, the | 
         
            |  | board shall include any contact hours taught through distance | 
         
            |  | education to students enrolled at that college who reside in | 
         
            |  | another state and: | 
         
            |  | (1)  as permitted by Section 54.231(a), pay tuition at | 
         
            |  | the rate charged to residents of this state; and | 
         
            |  | (2)  reside in a county or parish in the other state | 
         
            |  | that is contiguous to the county in which the college is located. | 
         
            |  | SECTION 2.  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. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
         
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            |  | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 646 passed the Senate on | 
         
            |  | April 20, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | Secretary of the Senate | 
         
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            |  | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 646 passed the House on | 
         
            |  | May 19, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 122, Nays 21, two | 
         
            |  | present not voting. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
         
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            |  | Approved: | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
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            |  | Governor |