TITLE: Relating to tuition and fees charged by The Texas A&M University System for certain national laboratory or national laboratory operator employees and dependents.

SUMMARY: Relating to tuition and fees charged by The Texas A&M University System for certain national laboratory or national laboratory operator employees and dependents.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to tuition and fees charged by The Texas A&M University System for certain national laboratory or national laboratory operator employees and dependents. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 54, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 54.369 to read as follows: Sec. 54.369. THE TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY SYSTEM; NATIONAL LABORATORY OR NATIONAL LABORATORY OPERATOR EMPLOYEE OR DEPENDENT. (a) In this section: (1) "Board" means the board of regents of The Texas A&M University System. (2) "National laboratory" means a national laboratory owned by the United States Department of Energy. (3) "Operator" means a person awarded a contract to operate and manage a national laboratory. (b) A person, or the person's dependent, is entitled to pay tuition and fees at the rates provided for Texas residents when enrolled in an institution of The Texas A&M University System if the person is employed by: (1) a national laboratory with whom the board has entered into a management and operation agreement or academic affiliation agreement; or (2) the operator of a national laboratory with whom the board has entered into a membership agreement or equivalent governance document. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies beginning with tuition and fees charged by The Texas A&M University System for the 2019 fall semester. 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.