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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 

OplrrlQn RO. 04333 \ \ 

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0 otfetin* 8 tour80 

OOl work 8nd h8re 8 

e flight inmtruation 

we do not reoalre tba 

tram tho rtuden t 8nd 

instruetar. If the ~eter8nm hre8u 

T0r fh* r8kO ot eolBpletmear 10 quote the entire Arts010 

(htlale 286&-1) 8a s8mb nOW l tand8, 8m ?ollOVSl 

s3eo. 1. The governing bo8rds at the l~OVeP81 inrtltutian~ oi oolYegi8te mnk, mpporkd in whole or 

in p8rt by pub116 funds 8ppropri8ted f'rOl# the Sfrte 

Tre8sury, 8ra hereby 8utboriSed 8nd direotod t4 ex 

8nd exempt 811 aitiXi3nr Of ?eXaa, Who h8V@ re8ided 
TU88 for l period o i a Of lOs8 th8m tWo IT (12) 

wntbr Prior to the d8ta Of rOsid’8tion, 8 d 

who urtod durin& the 8p811isb-AmeriO~a and P or durSn6 the World T8r 8s anrsam or 9x8 tbr l nmd 

forces of,tbe Daited Statas durln& tba lorld TIC, 

oad who we hoaor8bly dieOh8rgOsd thorefroa, from 

the p8ja@llt of aI1 dues, f0.e 8nd obrrpr wbrtsoclor, inaladin6 fees for oorrospondonoe oourrerl 

provided, horarbr, th8t the faragain l xemptlOa 

shll not be aonstrwd TV apply to deposits, 8uoh 

8s librmyr or 78boratar~'deposits, rhiob uy ba 

required in the nsture of 8 srourity for the roturn of or proper 08ro of property la8nrd for ths 

use of S~dOnt8~ nor to any tees or 6b8rges for 

lad&g, board or alothlng~ 'IlhO gaTOming bo8rds 

of said institutions UJ 8nd It 8h11 be their 

duty to require errrl 8ppliomt Olriming the bmefit ai the\ sbovr exemption to submit utlmf8otorJ 

nidenoe th8t tb8 l ppliO8nt 18 8 Oiti8OU Of t-88 

8nd is otherwise antitled to ssld ufmptiou. The 

provisions of this Ssotion ah817 8pp1y to those 

students rho 8rc herein l Xempted th8t h8re slresdy ragirtsrecl nnd p8ld their fees or tuition 

for the 1933-34 sahool term, antl the gotaming 

bo8rds a? moh lnstjtutlon8 ore hereby 8uthorlsed 

snd dlreatad to rafund mob tees to 8ny student 

rho h8s 83re8dy p8id ouoh fees or tuitioa ?Or the 

1933-34 sohool tom. 

s6ea. 2. The gaTeming borrds of nid lnstltutions of oolleglrtr rsnk 8re hereby 8utboriZed 

to issue sabalsrshi~s e8oh ysrr to the hi&heat 

r8nRlng wdurte at 8ooradlted high mahool8 ot 

this State, examrting s8id gradustes from ths pavmant Of 811 dues, tea8 8nd chargas wh8tsaorer: 

provided, however, thst maid uenptions ahall not 

8pply to library or 18bOr8tory or sipsil8r deposita, 

nor to faes or ah8rgen for 1adghg~ bO8rd Or alothfn&* fiuob uemptj~onm sh8ll bo gr8ntad subject to 

auah l~Dit8titis 8nd rsstrlatlaas 88 Ins? be prosoribsd by the gormning bo8rd Of e8oh Of uld Instltutiona0 Prolpt~s hwwtnfore 88de by 3t8tO rdu68tiOn8] iastitutioaa rith rd@rmOe to rohol8r- 

@ipa Uh811 not be int8lidated bl 8. B.’ 322, Ch8ptar 190, Omersl Lsss of the Regu18r 3eulor1 O? 

the Torty-third TqisI8turs 8nd prariding that 

those students who 8s holders at sohe~8rmbips 
~onor8bfe 6. E. t?8Til - mt;. 3 

graatod prior ta the )msuge of 8. 1.‘ lo* WpI, 

ch8ptor 196, sOIW81 Law8 Of th@ BOgUlBr 8bS~.%m 

a? the Forty-third togirl 8turo who upam mtoring 

any Of tbo 6,k tO ldllo8tiOiI81 institUtiOn8 8ra l'8- 

qulred to p8~ feee ia 8aoord8nOo with tbe 8bOVo 

mentioned Aot shall bo r8md.d thO80 tws pie 

8nd that tboee l abolerehi.pe 8ffOeted eh811 OODtinus t0 ba 18lid 80 1416 88 the 8tUdOntS 88y deaire to us81 them for the purposes for rhioh they 

vere gmnted or until muob studsnts shall hare 

oompletad 8 four-yerr OOuree in euob institution. 

s6eo* 3;. All o? tbe sboro end ?ore?ola~ prorlsiansr conditfms 8nd bsneFits horein8bore in 

this Artlofe prorlded for in Peotiou 1 l d ia 

Reatim 2 8h811 8ppIy end 8oarus to the benefit 

of 811 uursss, mmbsrm a? the lOWn'e Army Auxlli8ry Corps, Vman' l Auxlli8r~ Voluatear 88erge~oy 

6ervloer 8nd 811 nembors of tba UnitOd 8%8tes 

armed tcwoem, ragsrdloss of whether momberm of 

the United 8t8tss Army or Of the Unltod Sktse 

A8ry 'or the LIlted 6ktas Caret Bu8rd, *ha b8Te, 

or 8re nor serving, or rho may 8tter the p8sssge 

of this Aot, serve in the 8med tbross of the 

United 8t8te8 a? A8orio8 during the preesnt Torld 

X8r Rumba+ II, Iming tbe ssr now bring proeeoutad, 

8nd rhiob ~88 antsred into an or shortly 8fter 

Dessmbar 7, 1941, by the United Bf8tes of Amorla8 

8g8ibst sh8t 8r0 00mOnl~ kn0TX1 as tbe &Xi8 POWWSI 

provided, ?urtber, th8t 811 thr 8bOVe 8nd ?ore(toing 

pereone n8med bare bean hmor8blJ disoh8rged from 

the eervia~e 4n which they wewe wg86Qbd. 4Ladr provided ?urthOr, th8t the benefits 8nd protieione of 

this Aot 8hrll 81 w 8pply and inure to the bmoflt 

of tha obildran of meHmrs a? the tilted St8tss 

Armed Foroas, where #nab members Tore killed in 

8attCIn or dlod while in the seniee. l%he prod aion 8 

o? this Aot ah811 not 8~~17 to at lnolude 8ny member 

of ouch Un$ted Gtatrs Armed Fororsc or other perems 

horsin8boTe n8nre4, rho roro disah8rgsd ?rm the earrloe in rhfch they were enpaged bsO8aee o? hein3 Wer 

the 8m Of thirty-eight (38) JO8l'S Or hOO8USe Of 8 

perum81 request on the part of web person to be 

dlsahrrged from 8UOb 8WTiOes 

s0thsr th8n 8e mended herein, present Artlele 

28Mb-1 is hereby re-en8oted 8nd Sh81? in 811 things 

aantlnus in iul? foraa end effsat sub jeot an?? ta 
non4r8bl4 X:. g. D8v1a - p8gs 4 

the 8dditiOn O? the Shav4 ZOOtim t0 be brOm 88 

seot1on 3. Added Aots 1943, 43th Leg., pa 660, 

ah. 337, 11~ 

8009 4. ?h4 u4mptIon from the payment of 

duosr ?848, 8nd ch8rgee 8S provided herefn8bore 

in 3eetl@n I 8nd 8ekatian 3 of this ktiole ah811 

not 8pptf to or lnalud4 honor8bl y di eoh8rged mmberm a? wah Vnltrd St8t4s Armed toroes, or other 

p4reone herein8bore named* who 8re eligible for 

eduo8tiOn or tr8lnlng benefits prorlded by the 

Lilted Statoe Coremment under PUbllo L8s Ro. lU, 

7fIt,h Congress, or 8mendment8 thereto, or ruder 

hblia L8r No. 346, 78th Cmgressr or 8memdnents 

thoreta, or under 8ny other Federsl leglsl8tIon 

th8t a8y be in ?orOc 8t the tIm4 Of r4pIStrstiOn 

in the eo??s@~ oanaemed of mah u-ssniae man 

or wOm8D I AS t0 811 OX-WrviOe ME Or WOEw 8S 

dsfln4d in this seatlon ( th4 governing bO8rdg of 

each of tbe SefOr81 institutiOna Of Ool?8glst4 

mnk, mapparted in whole or la p8Pt by pub110 

ftmd8 8pprOpri8ted from the Stat4 ‘Fre8wry, 8re 

hereby 8uthorised to enter into contracts wltb 

th4 Unit06 3t8t4# OOVe!'nSuWit, Or 8llY Of Its 8g4noies, to rUmi8h instraation to suoh ex-semioe 

mh 8nd warnsa 8t 8 tuition r8ta shlah OOVers the 

estImst4d aost of auab Instruatfon or, In the mltem8tiT0, 8t 8 tuition r8t4 Of %4 Bundred Do?- 

18re ()lOO~OO) 8 s01m~~kr~ 8s MY be d*krmiaed 

by the governing bosrd of the 1nstltutIoa aonoerned; provided, however, tb8t if suah rates 81 bereIa speaifisd me prohlbl ted by Feder8l 18s for 8ny 

pSrtitil8r al8#s of ax-sarvloe r4a or soms~?, thm, 

Ed in th8t event, the tuition r8te ah811 be maeh 

r8te 8s s8Y be 86reed to by said gOV4lQlng bO8rd8, 

but in 8ny event not 14s~ th8a the Ost8bllrhod 

mtes for alvillm students; provided ?urther tbst 

should the Fedenl 18s protide 88 to 81717 olsss of 

retor8ns th8t mob tuition p8w4nts 8rO to be dedusted from sny subsequsnt benefits Xhlob 88ld 

rafer8n la8y be herO8ftOr entitled to r~Otiver the 

eduo8tioa81 Institution oanooraed is hereby sutborIned end dlreoted ta refund t0 8ny t8terSn Who is 

8 regldent Of T4X88 within the mCWting Of this AOt 

the 8mount by shloh 81~7 8d jumted ooBpmntion p8Jment. is here8ft4r 8atU8lly reduaed on 8OCOUnt of 

tuition psymnts snide by the Pedor8? gOV4nU!Wnt ta 

wah edUC8tIOn81 Institutfbn iOr suOh t4ter8n.s 
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Upon l e8reRal rtudy of the text of the Aot 8s 8 whole, 

we 8re Of the Opinion yOUr qUe8tiane 8hOUld be 8nSwOred 8s iOll0~~1 

(1) The proririon a? Seatlou 4 with rerpeot to the refund to 8ny reter8m by the eduOatiOn81 im8titUtiOm aonormrd part8fD8 ODlf to &uitioQ papleDtr* The word0 'duem', "feem~, 8nd 

‘Oh8rgO8” 8re lrred irOB $+1aeO to p180@ 131 the V8rlOl1a SOOtiOns 

of the Aot, but the oontext in rhloh muoh Word8 8re used indiO8tes 

tb8t they oontemplated ah8rge8 other th8a tor tuition. The Act 88 

8 whole rhorr tlut the Legisl8turO 8~pt'OOlatOd md h8d in rind the 

dliferent rigni?iarnoe of thO8e word8 , 8nd U8ed them rdrl8edly. 

‘tiitiOnm ir 8 word oi much n8rrOTbF IDe8ning th8n 'Ob8rge8', and 

there 18 nothin& to indiaate the tegi8l8ture U8Od euoh term in 8 

blV8dOr sense than that Of itm OO~On~y understood and ~~811~ oooepted popul8r ae8ning. 

(2) By the 88IOO tokens we 88-O Of the Opinion th8t four 

reoond que&ion likeviae should be 8n6rered in the nemti+e. lt 

18 only reoelpt8 for 'tuition' th8t 8re t0 be refunded. How, the 

M.00 per hour tar flight in8tNOtiOn. mid by the reterw in the 

m8nneP 8t8tOd by YOU 18 not 'tuition.* The ln8tltutlon In no m8nnor beneilte from the reoelpt of ruoh ices or oharges, but on the 

oontr8ry, it 1s Jn the vature of an out-of-poaket expense hy the 

lnstltutlon for the benefit of the teteron only. 

We truet that what we h81e s8ld 8ufrioientlJ 8nrrere 

your inquirlen. 

Amsiii8nt