# ~~EATTOMNEY GENERAL Q,FTEXAS
PRICEDANIEL September

Hon, James C. Jones ?kecutive Director Veterans 

### Affairs Commis8;1~~1 Austin, Texas



### Dear SrLr: ter e*ustion, of #lG$bi. ity”una?.r the * *$111 *

We refer to your lsttar frpa yhhichve quote as f!O~~@VS:

‘We respectfully re@.iest from you atiopinton uhich we hdpe Vi,11olnrrry ,$Qe)i)roais&oim df Set, 4, A,rt e2634-1, Tbxtd ‘@&ivil Statutes:

“I* If a veteran has exhausted his e~llgibllitg fop eduoation upae,rPtibllcLaw 16, 78th Congress, Public Law 

### 346, 78th Cmgress, or an3 amenamehts thereto; $8 he then eligible for exemption from ‘paytkentof tuition fees in

### State Supported schools under ii:;i,w in

### erclcr to pwiiue aaaitional 

### eau-

“2, If the 

### ansver to our iipat queation is yes, for hov lopg may a veteran 

### attend a State supported school vhile receiving exemption from payment of tuition under this ll%W? Ifhe 

### receives aB. A. degree, may he continue his education In the same school, or another school, in order 

### to receive his Matatersand/w Ph,D? Ifhe receives his Pre-Medical degree In one school, array he receive exemption 

### from pbJ*nt of tuition 

### under this law 

### in order to contiffue on in nealcal school until graduation?
Section 1 of Article 2654b-1, Vernon’s 

### Civi Statutes, (Acts 1933, 43ra Leg, 1st C.SbCh, 6, p* 10t conoerning the exemption 

### of war

### V8teraneC@the Spanlah-. . .

Hon, Jsmes C, Jones, page 2 (V-688)



### American Wap ana w0Pia 

### WarI f~on 

### payment of tuition 

### r806 in State suppopted inrtltutlons of hlgheP learning, r8adS, in party as follows:

nsec, 1, me governing borPds of the several institutions Of COll8giat8 Pank, supported in whole **OP** ln pat-tby public funds 

### appropriated from the State !lTreasury, Sre hereby authorized and diP8Ctea to ex

### cept ana exempt all citizens of Texas, who have resided in Texas 

### for a period of not less than twnlve (12) months prior to the aat of Pegistration, aa who S8PVea aur the Spanish-American alas/orauPlng the

### Wora ? WaP as nurses or in th8 rpmeqforceS of the United States auplDg the world 

### war, ma vho are 

### honorably aiSChP68a theP8fr@8s rrom the p8yment 

# ofall dueS, 1808, 8ma charges vhatsoev8P9 including fees for 

### correspondence copses; ppovidea, howeveP, ttit th8 fOr8gOing 8XemptiOn shall not be COnStPU8a to

### apply to deposita, such as llbrug, 

### or laboratopj 

### deposits, vhlch 

### narybe

### requlzed in the nature of a security for the return of

### or popes cape Of ppopepty loaned for the US.3Of StubentS, 19OPto WJ f8eS 

### OP ch&PgeS for loagkng, board OP clothing. The gooe~nlna; boaras of eala institutions ry and it shall **bs** theip duty te

### Prqulrb every 

### app~lcmt claim.%



### ii! the benefit of the

### above exemption to sub t s8tfafactoPf evidence that the applicant IS a o3tizen of Texas ana Ii othe~wlse entitled to said exemption DB 0

InActs 1943, (48th Leg, ch, 337, p. 568) the above Section vaS Pe8n@@t8a to cOntSaue in

## iat. ropoe ana effect, subjeot only to the adaltiola or l nev eec- tlon to be knovn 

### as Sectlon 3O This sew S8CtiOm 

### ooacernlng the exemption of certain veterans Of

### woP&a%r II from payment of tuition In State Sup$orted loptitt+ tlons of collegiate 

### PaaL Peeas:

“Set, 30 All of the above ana 

### foregoing provliaions, 

### conditfon5 u&dbenefit8 hefelnabove in this &ticle peovlded fop In Section S, e 9mshm appiy.ana ~?CPU~ to the benefit of

### all nur+esp members of the Women's &ry Auxllirpy Cgpps, WOUB'BBoa. JJ.UIISS C, Jones, page 3 (V-688)



### Auxiliary Volunteer Emergency Service, and all members of the United States armed forces, regardless of whether members of the United States 

### Armyor of the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard, who have er are nov samlng, 

### orwho may after the parsaga of thliaAct, 

### S~PVB In the arMd forces of the United States of hwlca duNa~~ the present 

### H0,rldW8r Sumber II, beiag the war nov being presscuted, and vhlah vas 

### entered into on or 

# ahmtiymm Deeembbr7, Wkl, IBYthe 

## Wattad Strtes 0P hariea l gd.nat vhat are 

### aonomly knownao the Azlr Povsrr; wevld

### ed, furthw, that all the rbevo and io~e**go-** 

### pe~aans **nanod &re**  **bean** komo&l~ dfraharged srom the swv1oaa In laliokthy vere 

### engqed. **kid, ,rerldod**  **IU ’** **tllcrr,** 

### tbBt the benefits and peviriur~ef tlf8 Aat shall also apply aad lmrr to the benefit of the children of

### members of the &ilted States Armed Ferces, vhare 8u& 

### members **vepe** killad IM aotle8 w **dimd ihi**  **la the**  

### 8ervlao0 Thep~ovimioar of this Aat ah111 not rmly to oaoIralmdo a87 umba of such thlted Statoe Aawad 

### Fe~oos~ OF bth@r wrsons hereinabove Mmo&, vho ve~e PisCh&rged

### iron the sorvlce in Wah thourfw&e engaged because ofbeing WOPthe age of thlPty+lght (38) years or bec8uss af

### a gcrsanal request on the part of such 

### POPson te

### be discharged 

### fromsuah service, o s 0(I Aaethor 

### mctiea, cedlfiad ~8 Sbotlaa 4 of the mme Artlole vaa 

### addedbyActs 1945, 49th Legislature, 

### Ohrpter 338, page **552,** and provides **a8** 

### follovsn

"Sec. 4, The exemption 

### framthe payment of dues, fees, and charges as provlded hereinabove In Section 1and Sectfon 3 of this Article shall not apply to or lnelude honorably discharged nembers OP such United States Apmed Forces, 0~ ether 

### pcrsons hereinabove 

### named, who are ellglble for education or training benefits **provid** ed

### by the United States government under public Lav go, 16, 78th Co7 rem, or meadmeats thereto, or under Pub lc Lav So. 346,

:*.
wBon. James Co Jones, page 4 

## Qv-6881

78th Cong~esa, OP 8mndments thereto, OP under any o%helnFe&Pal legislation that may be in foluas

### at the

### tlm of @eglstpatlon in the college conospnsd OS irruoh rx-servloe nun 

### 0~voman. As to all ax-service men OP vomon as dei’ined in this se&Son, the govsra

### lng boards of each o$

### the sewral lartltutions of collegiate rank9 euppopted in whole 

### orispar8 

### bj publlo Sunde agpPopriate& fpom the’stats 

### %easwy, are hrz=ey authoplr;ed to entry lute contracts with the United States Government, or an7 of its agexnoies, to f~- nlsh instruction to such ax-repvice men and vomen at a tuition pate vhloh oove~~ the estimated cost of euch instructken oP, ln the altepnatlve, at a tuition 

### pate oi One Hundred Ddllars ($lQQ,QO) a semester, a8 rsagbe detepmlned 

### by the 

### govermlng board of the lnstltution concerned; ppovlded, however, that if suoh pates a8 herein 

### specified l

### pewohlbitsd

### by Federal 

### law **%OP**

### an7 **pr~tic~ulalr** 

### ola8e of ox-se~vloe men OP wow& then, alsoin

### -&hat event, 

### the tultlon Pete ah811 be raaohpate
aa may b@ 

### agmed to

### b but IJBaay wont not 3isaid **govr~ialag** 

### beamIn,, 

### 088 than the l

atabllrhedrates 

### fop 

### oivilirn rtudents; pevidti fwhher th%tshould the Fedma law pmvlde am tomnr class of vetspans that euch 

### tuitfon payments ape to be deduoted **fpom** 

### any subsequent benefits which said setupan may be hepeaftep entitled to receive, the educational Institution concerned is hereby authorized and directed to Fefund to any vetsPan who lm

### aresident of

### Texas within the taeanQng of thir

## Actthe amount 

### by

### whloh anf adQu.atedoorpensation payment ishersafteP aatually 

### ~cduead on account 

### of tuitlaa pap-= w&B made by the FadePal gOvePaADbZ& to 8!0h 

### sducatlonal fnstitution for sneh vetePan.

In Opfnion 

### Non

### O-7316, a

### prloP admlnistP~tloa of this of’ficahad occasion to expz~ss it8 viewplvith respect to pertinent questions conoernlng 

### the srMA.o~8 of Artiole 265&b-1 above quoted and Pub110 Laws 

## 16aad 

## 346,78th 

### cOngPeS~~ We enclose 

### acopy thereof 

### for JWW use and convenlenoe.

Among other matters, Opinion O-7316 advleod that a veteran OS World 

### WapII, honorably dl8chaPged,

.Hon. James C.Jones, page 

### 5 (V-688)

eligible t0 SBCuP8 tralnirIg Or 

### %dUi?atiOMl benO?tts Under Public Law No. 346, 78th Congress, as amended, isnot entitled to the benefits conferred on veterans of World War II under State statute, Artlo 265&b-l, as areended, and is not exempt from payment of tuition in a Stat8 supi!i ;r;dl;;stitution

That ofhigher learning 

### under any existing
glble to ;8our8 "G. I. Opinign appli8.9 t0 

### VetSmXUSwho 8r8 8liBill educational benefits.

As to thOS8 veterans, however, who have 8xhauatsd the benefits to vhich they ver8 eligible under the %. I." Bill, ve think they should nov b8 tr8ated for 

### purposes of the Stat8 exemption lav, Article 2654b-1 as amended, as are those other V8t8ran.Svho 

### are not 

### or 

### vere never entitled to benefits 

### under th8 VG* 1."

### Bill. /

The purpose of S8ctiOn 4 of Article 2654b-1 is Clearly to allow the governing boards of eaah of the several Institutions of aollegiate rank to realize tuition payments Q?on the Government on those veterans entltled to 

### "0. I. Bill 8dUCational benefits. We find no fntenclment in said Section 4, or other provision ofArticle 

### 2654b-1, that the exeaptlon provided 

### ther8in should go Only to those V8t8raIM,,CitiZ8ns Of Texas, who **V8rd** entitledto no "0. I." Bill eclucatlonal bsnsflts.

we thiak Article 265423-l, as amended, is clearly to

### the effsot that all veterans, cltleens of Texas, beSigllat8d therein, are entitled to the ex8qtion provided ther8in vher8 they 

### are not, 

### or where they are no longer, entltle+to rlceive 88u8atlOMl 

### benefits under the Bocalled 

### G. I. Bill. To oonstrue Article 

### 2654b-1 to th8 8ff8Ct that only those veteran8 drsignated therein vho may not realize the benefits 

### afforded under the G. I," Bill or who never may have participated in the benefits of that bill are entitled to exemption provided In the State law would be to

### read Into 

### said law provlsione vhich simply are not contained therein, Accordingly, we ansver your first question in the effirmatlve.

With 

### respeot to examination 

### of Article 3: our second question, 

### a close 265 b-l, as am8na8d, vi11 reveal no provision thersln limiting the length of tlm8 during which 

### aveteran exempt und8r said law mar attend our State institutiona ofhigher learning vlthout payment of tu1t10n. Of course, he must ma& the saholastia rrquirements and other rules and regulations applicable to

### ~11 students entering or desiring to continue eoucational pursuits in

### said institutions. But having met those re-

... ^

Hon. James C, Jones, page 

### 6 (V-688)

quirements, he may continue his education exempt from the payment Of tuit-lonunder Artiole 2654b-1, as amenaed, until such time 

### as the Legislature may pass &ews fixing a definite 

### duration of time or limiting his rights. 

### SUlvlMARY

A veteran, citizen of

### Texas, whohas exhausted his eligibility foP eduCatiOnal benefits under Public Laws 

### 16and346, 78th Congress, and amendments thereto, is eltglbl8 for exemption from payment of tuition in State institutions ofhigher 

### learting as provided in ArtYCle 

### 2654b-1, V. C. S., as amended.
Article 

### 2654b-1, V. C.S., does not limit the 18 th of time during 

### uhiah a veteran 81iG118 and designated thevein, may attend tate institutions ofhigher Tearnine vlthout payment of tuition. 

### Yours very truly, ATTORtf#iY

### Gl!iKBML

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