Texas Education Code Title 3, Chapter 54 - Tuition And Fees

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 54.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Institution of higher education" has the same meaning as is assigned to it by Section 61.003 of this code. (2) "Governing...
• Texas Section 54.0015 - Adoption Of Certain Definitions By Rule
  In consultation with representatives of institutions of higher education, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board by rule shall adopt definitions related to the resident status...
• Texas Section 54.002 - Applicability Of Chapter
  The provisions of this chapter apply to all institutions of higher education, except that as to junior colleges this chapter applies only to the extent...
• Texas Section 54.003 - Tuition And Charges To Be Authorized By Law
  No institution of higher education may collect from students attending the institution any tuition, fee, or charge of any kind except as permitted by law,...
• Texas Section 54.004 - Retention And Use Of Funds
  All tuition, local funds, and fees collected by an institution of higher education shall be retained and expended by the institution and accounted for annually...
• Texas Section 54.005 - Right To Collect Special Fees
  The provisions of this subchapter requiring the governing board of each institution of higher education to collect tuition fees do not deprive the board of...
• Texas Section 54.006 - Refund Or Adjustment Of Tuition And Mandatory Fees For Dropped Courses And Student Withdrawals
  (a) A general academic teaching institution or medical and dental unit, as soon as practicable, shall refund the amount of tuition and mandatory fees collected...
• Texas Section 54.0065 - Tuition Rebate For Certain Undergraduates
  (a) A qualified student is eligible for a rebate of a portion of the undergraduate tuition the student has paid if the student: (1) is...
• Texas Section 54.007 - Option To Pay Tuition By Installment
  (a) The governing board of each institution of higher education shall provide for the payment of tuition and mandatory fees for a semester or term...
• Texas Section 54.0071 - Authority Of Institution To Provide Payment Options For Student With Delayed Financial Aid
  (a) The governing board of an institution of higher education may postpone the due date for the payment of all or part of the tuition...
• Texas Section 54.008 - Tuition Rate Set By Governing Board
  (a) The tuition rates provided by Subchapter B of this chapter are minimum rates. Except as provided by Subsections (e), (f), and (g), the governing...
• Texas Section 54.009 - Increase In Tuition Rate Or Fees
  An institution of higher education that sets the tuition rates and fees for a semester or summer term and permits a student to register for...
• Texas Section 54.010 - Reduction In Tuition
  (a) The governing board of an institution of higher education may reduce the amount of tuition charged to a student under this chapter to an...
• Texas Section 54.011 - Tuition Limit In Cases Of Concurrent Enrollment
  When a student registers at more than one public institution of higher education at the same time, the student's tuition charges shall be determined in...
• Texas Section 54.012 - Tuition Rates For Certain Doctoral Students
  The governing board of an institution of higher education may charge a resident doctoral student who has more semester credit hours of doctoral work than...
• Texas Section 54.014 - Tuition For Repeated Or Excessive Undergraduate Hours
  (a) An institution of higher education may charge a resident undergraduate student tuition at a higher rate than the rate charged to other resident undergraduate...
• Texas Section 54.015 - Billing And Notification For Tuition
  For billing and catalogue purposes, each governing board shall accumulate all the tuition that it charges under this chapter into one tuition charge. Added by...
• Texas Section 54.016 - Fixed Tuition Rate Program For Certain Transfer Students At General Academic Teaching Institutions
  (a) In this section: (1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (2) "General academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by Section...

SUBCHAPTER B TUITION RATES

• Texas Section 54.017 - Fixed Tuition Price Plan For Undergraduate Students At Certain General Academic Teaching Institutions
  (a) In this section, "general academic teaching institution" and "public state college" have the meanings assigned by Section 61.003. (b) This section applies only to...
• Texas Section 54.0501 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Census date" means the date in an academic term on which an institution of higher education is required to certify a...
• Texas Section 54.051 - Tuition Rates
  (a) In this section: (1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (2) "General academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by Section...
• Texas Section 54.0513 - Designated Tuition
  (a) In addition to amounts that a governing board of an institution of higher education is authorized to charge as tuition under the other provisions...
• Texas Section 54.0515 - Legislative Oversight Committee On Higher Education
  (a) In this section, "committee" means the legislative oversight committee on higher education. (b) The legislative oversight committee on higher education is composed of 12...
• Texas Section 54.052 - Determination Of Resident Status
  (a) Subject to the other applicable provisions of this subchapter governing the determination of resident status, the following persons are considered residents of this state...
• Texas Section 54.053 - Information Required To Establish Resident Status
  A person shall submit the following information to an institution of higher education to establish resident status under this subchapter: (1) if the person applies...
• Texas Section 54.054 - Continuing Resident Status
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by Subsection (c) of this section or by Section 54.055 or 54.056, a person classified by an institution of higher...
• Texas Section 54.055 - Reclassification Based On Additional Or Changed Information
  (a) On the basis of additional or changed information, an institution of higher education may reclassify as a resident or nonresident of this state under...
• Texas Section 54.056 - Errors In Classification
  (a) If an institution of higher education erroneously classifies a person as a resident of this state and the person is not entitled or permitted...
• Texas Section 54.057 - Liability For Unpaid Nonresident Tuition
  (a) The following persons are liable for the difference between resident and nonresident tuition for each academic term in which the person pays resident tuition...
• Texas Section 54.0601 - Nonresident Tuition Rates At Certain Institutions
  On the written request of the governing board of a general academic teaching institution located not more than 100 miles from the boundary of this...
• Texas Section 54.061 - Reduced Designated Tuition Rates For Courses Provided During Off-peak Hours At Certain Institutions
  (a) This section applies only to a course offered by an institution of higher education: (1) beginning at 6 p.m. or later during a weekday;...

SUBCHAPTER D WAIVERS, EXEMPTIONS, AND OTHER TUITION AND FEE BENEFITS

• Texas Section 54.075 - Coordinating Board Rules; Supplementation Of Rules By Institutions Limited
  (a) The coordinating board shall adopt rules to carry out the purposes of this subchapter. (b) An institution of higher education may not require a...
• Texas Section 54.2001 - Continued Receipt Of Exemptions Or Waivers Conditional
  (a) Notwithstanding any other law but subject to Subsection (f), after initially qualifying under this subchapter for a mandatory or discretionary exemption or waiver from...
• Texas Section 54.2002 - Exemptions And Waivers For State-funded Courses Only
  Notwithstanding any other law, a mandatory or discretionary exemption or waiver from the payment of tuition or other fees under this subchapter or another provision...
• Texas Section 54.2031 - Dependent Children Of Residents Who Are Members Of Armed Forces Deployed On Combat Duty
  (a) In this section: (1) "Child" includes a stepchild or adopted child. (2) "Dependent" means a person who: (A) is claimed as a dependent on...
• Texas Section 54.206 - Foreign Service Officers
  A foreign service officer employed by the United States Department of State and enrolled in an institution of higher education is entitled to pay the...
• Texas Section 54.211 - Faculty And Dependents
  A teacher or professor of an institution of higher education, and the spouse and children of such a teacher or professor, are entitled to register...
• Texas Section 54.212 - Teaching Or Research Assistant
  A teaching assistant or research assistant of any institution of higher education and the spouse and children of such a teaching assistant or research assistant...
• Texas Section 54.213 - Scholarship Student
  (a) An institution of higher education may charge a nonresident student who holds a competitive scholarship of at least $1,000 for the academic year or...
• Texas Section 54.214 - Biomedical Research Program; Scholarship Student
  A student is entitled to pay the fees and charges required of Texas residents without regard to the length of time the student has resided...
• Texas Section 54.216 - Students Enrolled In Course For Concurrent High School And College-level Credit; Optional Waiver
  The governing board of an institution of higher education may waive all or part of the tuition and fees charged by the institution for a...
• Texas Section 54.217 - Students Enrolled In Fully Funded Courses; Optional Waiver
  The governing board of an institution of higher education may waive tuition and fees for students attending courses that are fully funded by federal or...
• Texas Section 54.218 - Distance Learning Or Off-campus Courses; Optional Waiver
  The governing board of an institution of higher education may waive a fee it is authorized to charge if the board determines that: (1) a...
• Texas Section 54.221 - The University Of Texas System; Science And Technology Development, Management, And Transfer
  To the extent provided for in an agreement authorized by Section 65.45, a person employed by the entity with whom the system enters into such...
• Texas Section 54.222 - Economic Development And Diversification
  (a) A person who registers at an institution of higher education without having established resident status in this state under Section 54.052 is entitled to...
• Texas Section 54.223 - Tuition Rates For Olympic Athletes
  (a) A person enrolled in The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College is entitled to pay tuition and fees at the rates...
• Texas Section 54.225 - Students Enrolled In Non-semester-length Developmental Education Interventions
  The governing board of an institution of higher education may exempt from the payment of tuition authorized by this chapter a student who is participating...
• Texas Section 54.231 - Resident Of Bordering State Or Nation Or Participant In Student Exchange Program: Tuition
  (a) The nonresident tuition fee prescribed by this chapter does not apply to a nonresident student who is a resident of Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico,...
• Texas Section 54.232 - Nato Agreement
  A nonimmigrant alien who resides in this state in accordance with the Agreement between the Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty Regarding the Status of...
• Texas Section 54.233 - Academic Common Market
  The governing board of an institution of higher education shall charge nonresident students participating in the Academic Common Market and enrolled in programs designated under...
• Texas Section 54.241 - Military Personnel And Dependents
  (a) Military personnel are classified as provided by this section. (b) A person who is an officer, enlisted person, selectee, or draftee of the Army,...
• Texas Section 54.251 - Registered Nurses In Postgraduate Nursing Degree Programs; Optional Waiver
  An institution of higher education may permit a registered nurse authorized to practice professional nursing in Texas to register by paying the tuition fees and...
• Texas Section 54.261 - Designated Tuition; Hardship; Optional Waiver
  A governing board may waive all or part of the tuition charged to a student under Section 54.0513 if it finds that the payment of...
• Texas Section 54.262 - Student Services Fees; Optional Waiver
  The governing board of an institution of higher education may waive all or part of any compulsory fee or fees authorized by Section 54.503 in...
• Texas Section 54.263 - Students 55 Years Of Age Or Older; Optional Waiver
  (a) An institution of higher education may charge a student 55 years of age or older tuition and fees at rates that are lower than...
• Texas Section 54.301 - Highest Ranking High School Graduates; Optional Exemption
  The governing board of each institution of higher education may issue scholarships each year to the highest ranking graduate of each accredited high school of...
• Texas Section 54.331 - Students From Other Nations Of The American Hemisphere
  (a) The governing boards of the institutions of higher education may annually exempt from the payment of tuition fees the following students: (1) 200 native-born...
• Texas Section 54.341 - Veterans And Other Military Personnel; Dependents
  (a) The governing board of each institution of higher education shall exempt the following persons from the payment of tuition, dues, fees, and other required...
• Texas Section 54.3411 - Permanent Fund Supporting Military And Veterans Exemptions
  (a) In this section, "trust company" means the Texas Treasury Safekeeping Trust Company. (b) The permanent fund supporting military and veterans exemptions is a special...
• Texas Section 54.342 - Prisoners Of War
  (a) In this section, "tuition and required fees" includes tuition, service fees, lab fees, building use fees, and all other required fees except room, board,...
• Texas Section 54.343 - Children Of Prisoners Of War Or Persons Missing In Action
  (a) In this section: (1) "Dependent child" means a person under 21 years of age, or a person under 25 years of age who receives...
• Texas Section 54.344 - Participants In Military Funerals
  The governing board of each institution of higher education shall provide a $25 exemption from tuition and required fees under this chapter to a student...
• Texas Section 54.345 - Assistance For Tuition And Fees For Members Of State Military Forces
  (a) For each semester, the adjutant general of the state military forces shall certify to institutions of higher education as described by Section 437.226, Government...
• Texas Section 54.351 - Children Of Disabled Firefighters And Law Enforcement Officers
  (a) In this section: (1) "Eligible firefighter or law enforcement officer" means: (A) a full-paid or volunteer firefighter; (B) a full-paid or volunteer municipal, county,...
• Texas Section 54.352 - Disabled Peace Officers; Optional Exemption
  (a) The governing board of an institution of higher education may exempt a student from the payment of tuition and required fees authorized by this...
• Texas Section 54.353 - Firefighters Enrolled In Fire Science Courses
  (a) The governing board of an institution of higher education shall exempt from the payment of tuition and laboratory fees any student enrolled in one...
• Texas Section 54.3531 - Peace Officers Enrolled In Certain Courses
  (a) The governing board of an institution of higher education shall exempt from the payment of tuition and laboratory fees charged by the institution for...
• Texas Section 54.354 - Education Benefits For Certain Survivors
  (a) A person is eligible to receive education benefits under this section if the person is: (1) a surviving spouse; or (2) a surviving minor...
• Texas Section 54.355 - Children Of Professional Nursing Program Faculty
  (a) In this section: (1) "Child" means a child 25 years of age or younger and includes an adopted child. (2) "Graduate professional nursing program"...
• Texas Section 54.356 - Preceptors For Professional Nursing Education Programs
  (a) In this section, "child" and "undergraduate professional nursing program" have the meanings assigned by Section 54.355. (b) The governing board of an institution of...
• Texas Section 54.361 - One-year Exemption For Certain Tanf Students
  A student is exempt from the payment of tuition and fees authorized by this chapter for the first academic year in which the student enrolls...
• Texas Section 54.362 - Funding Of Exemptions
  (a) An institution of higher education may fund tuition exemptions under Section 54.361 or 54.363 from local funds or from funds appropriated to the institution....
• Texas Section 54.363 - Educational Aides
  (a) In this section, "coordinating board" means the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. (b) The governing board of an institution of higher education shall exempt...
• Texas Section 54.364 - Blind, Deaf Students
  (a) In this section: (1) "Resident" has the same meaning as is assigned it in Subchapter B of this chapter. (2) "Blind person" means a...
• Texas Section 54.365 - Senior Citizens; Optional Benefit
  (a) In this section, "senior citizen" means a person 65 years of age or older. (b) The governing board of a state-supported institution of higher...
• Texas Section 54.366 - Exemptions For Students Under Conservatorship Of Department Of Family And Protective Services
  (a) A student is exempt from the payment of tuition and fees authorized in this chapter, including tuition and fees charged by an institution of...
• Texas Section 54.367 - Exemptions For Adopted Students Formerly In Foster Or Other Residential Care
  (a) A student is exempt from the payment of tuition and fees authorized by this chapter if the student: (1) was adopted; and (2) was...

SUBCHAPTER E OTHER FEES AND DEPOSITS

• Texas Section 54.368 - Interinstitutional Academic Programs; Optional Exemption
  (a) In this section: (1) "Interinstitutional academic program" means a program under which a student may, in accordance with a written agreement between an institution...
• Texas Section 54.501 - Laboratory Fees
  (a) An institution of higher education shall set and collect a laboratory fee in an amount sufficient to cover the general cost of laboratory materials...
• Texas Section 54.5011 - Charges And Fees For Certain Payments
  (a) This section applies to a payment of tuition, a fee, or another charge to an institution of higher education that is made or authorized...
• Texas Section 54.502 - General Deposits
  (a) An institution of higher education may collect a reasonable deposit in an amount not to exceed $100 from each student to insure the institution...
• Texas Section 54.5021 - Student Deposit Fund; Composition And Uses
  (a) The student deposit fund consists of the income from the investment or time deposits of general deposits and of forfeited general deposits. Any general...
• Texas Section 54.5022 - Investment Of General Deposits
  The governing board of each institution of higher education may invest the funds received as general deposits authorized by Section 54.502 in the manner provided...
• Texas Section 54.5025 - Proration Of Fees
  Based on the length of the semester or term for which a student is enrolled, the governing board of an institution of higher education may...
• Texas Section 54.503 - Student Services Fees
  (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Student services" means activities which are separate and apart from the regularly scheduled academic functions of the...
• Texas Section 54.5031 - Student Fee Advisory Committee
  (a) A student fee advisory committee is established at each institution of higher education except The University of Texas at Austin and the institutions of...
• Texas Section 54.5032 - Student Fee Advisory Committee; The Texas A&m University System
  (a) A student fee advisory committee is established at each component institution of The Texas A&M University System to advise the board of regents and...
• Texas Section 54.5033 - Student Fee Advisory Committee Meetings Open To Public
  (a) A student fee advisory committee established under this chapter shall conduct meetings at which a quorum is present in a manner that is open...
• Texas Section 54.5035 - Waiver Of Fees
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the governing board of an institution of higher education may waive a mandatory or discretionary fee for a...
• Texas Section 54.504 - Incidental Fees
  (a) The governing board of an institution of higher education may fix the rate of incidental fees to be paid to an institution under its...
• Texas Section 54.5041 - Environmental Service Fee
  (a) The governing board of an institution of higher education may charge each student enrolled at the institution an environmental service fee, if the fee...
• Texas Section 54.505 - Vehicle Registration Fees And Other Fees Related To Parking And Traffic
  (a) The governing board of each institution of higher education may charge a reasonable fee to students, faculty, and staff for registration of a vehicle...
• Texas Section 54.506 - Fees And Charges For Services To The Public; The University Of Houston System
  A schedule of minimum fees and charges shall be established by the board of regents of the University of Houston System for services performed by...
• Texas Section 54.5061 - Student Services Fees; The University Of Houston System
  (a) In this section: (1) "Student services" includes textbook rentals; recreational activities; health, hospital, and other medical services; group hospitalization; intramural and intercollegiate athletics; artists...
• Texas Section 54.5062 - Student Fees Advisory Committee; The University Of Houston System
  (a) A student fees advisory committee is established at each component institution of the University of Houston System to advise the board of regents, presidents,...
• Texas Section 54.507 - Group Hospital And Medical Services Fees; Texas A&m University System
  (a) The Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University System may levy and collect from each student at any institution of higher education which...
• Texas Section 54.508 - Medical Services Fee; Texas Tech University System Components
  (a) The board of regents of the Texas Tech University System may charge each student registered at a component institution of the Texas Tech University...
• Texas Section 54.5081 - Medical Services Fee; University Of North Texas System Institutions
  (a) The board of regents of the University of North Texas System may charge each student registered at a component institution of the University of...
• Texas Section 54.5082 - Medical Services Fee; Midwestern State University
  (a) The board of regents of Midwestern State University may charge each student registered at the university a medical services fee not to exceed $30...
• Texas Section 54.5085 - Medical Services Fee; Texas Woman's University
  (a) The board of regents of Texas Woman's University may charge each student registered at the university a medical services fee not to exceed $55...
• Texas Section 54.5089 - Medical Services Fee; Texas State University System Components
  (a) The board of regents of the Texas State University System may charge each student registered at a component institution of the Texas State University...
• Texas Section 54.50891 - Medical Services Fee; The University Of Texas System Components
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student registered at a component institution of The University of Texas...
• Texas Section 54.509 - Student Recreation Fee; Texas Tech University System Components
  (a) If approved by student vote, the board of regents of the Texas Tech University System may charge each student enrolled at a component institution...
• Texas Section 54.5091 - Student Recreational Facility Fee; University Of North Texas
  (a) If approved by a majority vote of those students participating in a general election held at the university for that purpose, the board of...
• Texas Section 54.510 - Student Recreational Sports Fee; The University Of Texas At Austin
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled in The University of Texas at Austin a recreational...
• Texas Section 54.511 - Student Fees For Bus Service; Texas State University System
  (a) The board of regents of the Texas State University System may charge each student enrolled at Texas State University a fee initially set at...
• Texas Section 54.5111 - Environmental Service Fee; Southwest Texas State University
  (a) The board of regents of the Texas State University System may charge each student enrolled at Southwest Texas State University an environmental service fee...
• Texas Section 54.512 - Shuttle Bus Fee; The University Of Texas At Arlington
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may levy a shuttle bus fee not to exceed $10 per student for each...
• Texas Section 54.5121 - Intercollegiate Athletic Fee; The University Of Texas At Arlington
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose a mandatory intercollegiate athletics fee at The University of Texas at Arlington....
• Texas Section 54.5122 - Recreational Facility Fee; The University Of Texas At Arlington
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Arlington a recreational...
• Texas Section 54.513 - Student Service Fees; The University Of Texas At Austin
  (a) In this section: (1) "student services" includes textbook rentals; recreational activities; health, hospital, and other medical services; group hospitalization; automobile parking privileges; intramural and...
• Texas Section 54.5131 - International Education Fee; The University Of Texas At Austin
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge and collect from students registered at The University of Texas at Austin...
• Texas Section 54.5132 - International Education Fee
  (a) The governing board of an institution of higher education, other than The University of Texas at Austin, may charge and collect from students registered...
• Texas Section 54.5133 - Martin Luther King, Jr
  Sec. 54.5133. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., STATUE FEE; THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System...
• Texas Section 54.5134 - Washington, D
  Sec. 54.5134. WASHINGTON, D.C., INTERNSHIP EDUCATION FEE. (a) The governing board of an institution of higher education may charge and collect from each student registered...
• Texas Section 54.5135 - Barbara Jordan And Cesar Chavez Statues Fee; The University Of Texas At Austin
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge and collect from students registered at The University of Texas at Austin...
• Texas Section 54.514 - Student Fees Advisory Committee; The University Of Texas At Austin
  (a) The student fees advisory committee is established to advise the administration of The University of Texas at Austin on the type, level, and expenditure...
• Texas Section 54.515 - Student Union Fee
  (a) The governing board of each institution of higher education may charge each student registered at the institution a student union fee not to exceed...
• Texas Section 54.518 - University Center Fee; Midwestern State University
  (a) To the extent approved by the students under Subsection (b), the Board of Regents of Midwestern State University is hereby authorized to levy a...
• Texas Section 54.519 - Student Union Fee; North Texas State University
  (a) The board of regents of North Texas State University may levy a regular, fixed student fee against each student enrolled in that institution, as...
• Texas Section 54.5191 - Intercollegiate Athletics Fee; University Of North Texas
  (a) The board of regents of the University of North Texas System may charge each student enrolled at the University of North Texas an intercollegiate...
• Texas Section 54.520 - University Center Student Fee; Stephen F
  AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY. (a) To the extent approved by the students under Subsection (b), the board of regents of Stephen F. Austin State University may...
• Texas Section 54.5201 - Recreational Sports Fee; Stephen F
  AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY. (a) The board of regents of Stephen F. Austin State University may charge each student enrolled at the university a recreational sports...
• Texas Section 54.5202 - Intercollegiate Athletics Fee; Stephen F
  AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY. (a) The board of regents of Stephen F. Austin State University may charge each student enrolled at the university an intercollegiate athletics...
• Texas Section 54.521 - Student Center Facility Fees; Texas A&m University System
  (a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System may levy a regular, fixed student fee on each student enrolled in an educational...
• Texas Section 54.522 - Student Center Fees; Texas Southern University
  (a) The board of regents of Texas Southern University may impose on each student enrolled in the university a student fee not to exceed $75...
• Texas Section 54.5221 - Recreational Facility Fee; Texas Southern University
  (a) The board of regents of Texas Southern University may levy and collect a recreational facility fee not to exceed $50 per student for each...
• Texas Section 54.5222 - Medical Services Fee; Texas Southern University
  (a) The board of regents of Texas Southern University may levy and collect a medical services fee not to exceed $35 per student for each...
• Texas Section 54.5223 - Intercollegiate Athletics Fee: Texas Southern University
  (a) The board of regents of Texas Southern University may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student enrolled at Texas Southern University in an...
• Texas Section 54.523 - Student Center Fees; Texas State University System
  (a) To the extent approved by the students under Subsection (b) of this section, the board of regents of the Texas State University System may...
• Texas Section 54.5241 - Student Union Fees; Texas Tech University System
  (a) The board of regents of the Texas Tech University System may impose a fee in a fixed amount on each student enrolled in a...
• Texas Section 54.525 - Fees For Student Centers; Texas Woman's University
  (a) The board of regents of Texas Woman's University may levy a regular, fixed student fee of not less than $25 or more than $75...
• Texas Section 54.5251 - Student Fitness And Recreational Fee; Texas Woman's University
  (a) The board of regents of Texas Woman's University may charge each student enrolled at the university a student fitness and recreational fee in an...
• Texas Section 54.526 - Student Fees For University Centers; The University Of Houston
  (a) The board of regents of the University of Houston System may levy a student union fee, not to exceed $150 per student for each...
• Texas Section 54.527 - Student Fees For University Center Facilities; The University Of Houston-downtown College
  (a) The board of regents of the University of Houston System may levy a university center fee in an amount not to initially exceed $15...
• Texas Section 54.528 - Recreational Facility Fee; The University Of Houston
  (a) The board of regents of the University of Houston System may charge each student enrolled at the University of Houston a recreational and wellness...
• Texas Section 54.529 - Student Union Fee; The University Of Texas At Arlington
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may levy a student union fee not to exceed $39 per student for each...
• Texas Section 54.530 - Student Union Fees; The University Of Texas At Austin
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may levy and collect from each student a compulsory fee for operating, maintaining, improving,...
• Texas Section 54.531 - Student Union Building Fees; The University Of Texas At Dallas
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may levy a student union fee, not to exceed $60 per student for each...
• Texas Section 54.5311 - Transportation Fee; The University Of Texas At Dallas
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose on each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Dallas a...
• Texas Section 54.5312 - Student Services Building Fee; The University Of Texas At Dallas
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose on each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Dallas a...
• Texas Section 54.5313 - Intramural And Intercollegiate Athletics Fee; The University Of Texas At Dallas
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose on each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Dallas an...
• Texas Section 54.532 - Student Union Building Fees; The University Of Texas At San Antonio
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may levy a student union fee of not less than $20 or more than...
• Texas Section 54.5321 - Transportation Fee; The University Of Texas At San Antonio
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose on each student enrolled at The University of Texas at San Antonio...
• Texas Section 54.5322 - Intercollegiate Athletics Fee; The University Of Texas At San Antonio
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose a mandatory intercollegiate athletics fee on each student enrolled at The University...
• Texas Section 54.533 - Student Union Fees; The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose a student union fee for the sole purpose of financing, constructing, operating,...
• Texas Section 54.5331 - Intercollegiate Athletic Fee; The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose a mandatory intercollegiate athletics fee at The University of Texas of the...
• Texas Section 54.5332 - Fees For Student Services Building; The University Of Texas Of The Permian Basin
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas of the Permian Basin...
• Texas Section 54.534 - Arts And Performance Center Fee; The University Of Texas At Tyler
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may levy an Arts and Performance Center fee, not to exceed $20 per student...
• Texas Section 54.5341 - Student Recreational Facility Fee; The University Of Texas At Tyler
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose a recreational facility fee on each student enrolled at The University of...
• Texas Section 54.5342 - Intercollegiate Athletics Fee; The University Of Texas At Tyler
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student enrolled at The University of...
• Texas Section 54.5343 - Student Union Fee; The University Of Texas At Tyler
  (a) If authorized under Subsection (b), the board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose on each student enrolled at The University...
• Texas Section 54.535 - Student Union Fee; The University Of Texas At El Paso
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may levy a student union fee not to exceed $30 per student for each...
• Texas Section 54.536 - Fees For Student Health Services Building; The University Of Texas At Austin
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled in The University of Texas at Austin a fee...
• Texas Section 54.537 - Fees For Student Services Building; The University Of Texas At Austin
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Austin a fee...
• Texas Section 54.5371 - Gregory Gymnasium Renovation Fee; The University Of Texas At Austin
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Austin a fee...
• Texas Section 54.5372 - Aquatics Center Fee; The University Of Texas At Austin
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Austin a fee...
• Texas Section 54.538 - Recreational Sports Fee; Texas State University System
  (a) If approved by student vote at a system institution, the Board of Regents, Texas State University System, may charge each student enrolled at such...
• Texas Section 54.5381 - Intercollegiate Athletics Fee: Certain Institutions In Texas State University System
  (a) The board of regents of the Texas State University System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student enrolled at a component institution...
• Texas Section 54.5382 - Intercollegiate Athletics Fee: Texas State University
  (a) The board of regents of the Texas State University System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student enrolled at Texas State University...
• Texas Section 54.539 - Recreational Sports Fee; The Texas A&m University System
  (a) If approved by student vote at an institution, the Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University System may charge students at a component...
• Texas Section 54.5391 - Intercollegiate Athletics Fee; Texas A&m University--corpus Christi
  (a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student enrolled at Texas A&M University--Corpus...
• Texas Section 54.5392 - Intercollegiate Athletics Fee; Texas A&m University--kingsville
  (a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student enrolled at Texas A&M University--Kingsville....
• Texas Section 54.5393 - Intercollegiate Athletics Fee: Prairie View A&m University
  (a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student enrolled at Prairie View A&M...
• Texas Section 54.5394 - Intercollegiate Athletics Fee: Tarleton State University
  (a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student enrolled at Tarleton State University...
• Texas Section 54.5395 - Intercollegiate Athletics Fees; Texas A&m International University
  (a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student enrolled at Texas A&M International...
• Texas Section 54.5396 - Intercollegiate Athletics Fees; West Texas A&m University
  (a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student enrolled at West Texas A&M...
• Texas Section 54.5397 - Intercollegiate Athletics Fees; Texas A&m University--commerce
  (a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System may impose an intercollegiate athletics fee on each student enrolled at Texas A&M University--Commerce....
• Texas Section 54.53975 - Intercollegiate Athletics Fees; Texas A&m University--texarkana
  (a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System may impose on each student enrolled at Texas A&M University--Texarkana an intercollegiate athletics fee...
• Texas Section 54.5398 - Student Endowment Fund Fee; Texas A&m University--corpus Christi
  (a) The board of regents of The Texas A&M University System may impose a student endowment fund fee on each student enrolled at Texas A&M...
• Texas Section 54.540 - Student Center Fee, University Of Houston-clear Lake
  (a) The Board of Regents of the University of Houston System may levy and collect a student center fee, not to exceed $40 per student...
• Texas Section 54.5401 - Recreation And Wellness Facility Fee; University Of Houston-clear Lake
  (a) The board of regents of the University of Houston System may charge each student enrolled at the University of Houston-Clear Lake a recreation and...
• Texas Section 54.5405 - Student Center Fee; University Of Houston-victoria
  (a) The board of regents of the University of Houston System may impose on each student enrolled at the University of Houston-Victoria a student center...
• Texas Section 54.541 - Recreational Facility Fee; The University Of Texas At El Paso
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at El Paso a...
• Texas Section 54.542 - Student Union Building Fee; The University Of Texas-pan American
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (c) of this section, the board of regents of The University of Texas System may levy a student union...
• Texas Section 54.5421 - Sports Recreation And Wellness Facility Fee; The University Of Texas--pan American
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas--Pan American a sports recreation...
• Texas Section 54.543 - Recreational Facility Fee; The University Of Texas At San Antonio
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at San Antonio a...
• Texas Section 54.544 - Recreational Facility Fee; The University Of Texas At Dallas
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Dallas a recreational...
• Texas Section 54.5441 - Student Recreational And Health Facilities Fee; Midwestern State University
  (a) The board of regents of Midwestern State University may charge each student enrolled at the university a recreational and health facilities fee not to...
• Texas Section 54.5442 - Intercollegiate Athletics Fee; Midwestern State University
  (a) The board of regents of Midwestern State University may charge each student enrolled at the university an intercollegiate athletics fee in an amount that,...
• Texas Section 54.545 - Fees For Continuing Education Courses
  (a) The governing board of an institution of higher education shall charge a reasonable fee to each person registered in a continuing education course at...
• Texas Section 54.546 - Student Union Fees; The University Of Texas At Brownsville
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose on each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Brownsville a...
• Texas Section 54.550 - Wellness, Recreational, And Fitness Complex Fee; The University Of Texas At Brownsville
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may charge each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Brownsville a wellness,...

SUBCHAPTER F PREPAID HIGHER EDUCATION TUITION PROGRAM

• Texas Section 54.551 - Intercollegiate Athletics Fee; The University Of Texas At Brownsville
  (a) The board of regents of The University of Texas System may impose on each student enrolled at The University of Texas at Brownsville an...
• Texas Section 54.6001 - Public Purpose
  An educated population being necessary to the social development and economic health of this state, the legislature finds and declares it to be an urgent...
• Texas Section 54.601 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Beneficiary" means a person who is entitled to receive benefits under a prepaid tuition contract. (2) "Board" means the Prepaid Higher...
• Texas Section 54.602 - Establishment Of Board; Function
  (a) The Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board is in the office of the comptroller. (b) The board shall administer the following programs: (1) the prepaid...
• Texas Section 54.603 - Sunset Provision
  The Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by that chapter,...
• Texas Section 54.604 - Termination Or Modification Of Program
  If the comptroller determines the program is financially infeasible, the comptroller shall notify the governor and the legislature and recommend that the program be modified...
• Texas Section 54.605 - Effect Of Termination Of Program On Contract
  (a) A prepaid tuition contract remains in effect after the program is terminated if, when the program is terminated, the beneficiary: (1) has been accepted...
• Texas Section 54.606 - Members Of Board; Appointment; Terms Of Office
  (a) The board consists of: (1) the comptroller; (2) two members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the senate; and (3)...
• Texas Section 54.607 - Duty In Recommending, Making, Or Confirming Appointments
  (a) In recommending, making, or confirming appointments to the board, the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, and senate shall ensure that...
• Texas Section 54.608 - Restrictions On Board Appointment, Membership, And Employment
  (a) A person is not eligible for appointment as a member of the board if the person or the person's spouse: (1) is employed by...
• Texas Section 54.6085 - Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board Ethics Policy
  (a) In addition to any other requirements provided by law, the board shall adopt and enforce an ethics policy that provides standards of conduct relating...
• Texas Section 54.609 - Removal Of Board Member
  (a) It is a ground for removal from the board if a member: (1) does not have at the time of taking office the applicable...
• Texas Section 54.610 - Training Of Board Members
  (a) A person who is appointed to and qualifies for office as a member of the board may not vote, deliberate, or be counted as...
• Texas Section 54.611 - Board Officers
  (a) The comptroller serves as the presiding officer of the board. (b) The board shall appoint a secretary of the board whose duties may be...
• Texas Section 54.612 - Compensation And Expenses Of Appointed Board Members
  Appointed members of the board shall serve without pay but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses incurred in attending meetings of the board or...
• Texas Section 54.613 - Meetings
  (a) The board shall hold regular quarterly meetings in the city of Austin and other meetings at places and times scheduled by the board in...
• Texas Section 54.614 - Applicability Of Open Meetings Law And Administrative Procedure Law
  The board is subject to the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code, and the administrative procedure law, Chapter 2001, Government Code. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 54.615 - Executive Director; Staff
  (a) The comptroller serves as the executive director of the board. (b) The employees of the comptroller selected by the comptroller for that purpose serve...
• Texas Section 54.616 - Program And Facility Accessibility
  (a) The board shall comply with federal and state laws related to program and facility accessibility. (b) The board shall prepare and maintain a written...
• Texas Section 54.617 - Public Interest Information And Complaints
  (a) The board shall prepare information of public interest describing the functions of the board and the board's procedures by which complaints are filed with...
• Texas Section 54.6175 - Use Of Technology
  The board shall implement a policy requiring the board to use appropriate technological solutions to improve the board's ability to perform its functions. The policy...
• Texas Section 54.618 - Powers Of Board
  (a) The board has the powers necessary or proper to carry out this subchapter. (b) The board may: (1) adopt an official seal; (2) adopt...
• Texas Section 54.619 - Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Program
  (a) Under the program, a purchaser may enter into a prepaid tuition contract with the board under which the purchaser agrees to prepay the tuition...
• Texas Section 54.6195 - Application For Enrollment
  (a) The board shall adopt a form for an application for enrollment in the program. The form must indicate the information that the applicant is...
• Texas Section 54.620 - Prepaid Tuition Contract
  (a) The board may contract with a purchaser for the purchaser to prepay the tuition and required fees for a beneficiary to attend an institution...
• Texas Section 54.621 - Beneficiary
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the beneficiary of a prepaid tuition contract must be younger than 18 years of age or 18 years...
• Texas Section 54.622 - Types Of Plans
  The board shall make prepaid tuition contracts available for the: (1) junior college plan; (2) senior college plan; (3) junior-senior college plan; and (4) private...
• Texas Section 54.623 - Junior College Plan
  Through the junior college plan, a prepaid tuition contract shall provide prepaid tuition and required fees for the beneficiary to attend a public junior college...
• Texas Section 54.624 - Senior College Plan
  (a) Through the senior college plan, a prepaid tuition contract shall provide prepaid tuition and required fees for the beneficiary to attend a public senior...
• Texas Section 54.6245 - Graduate And Professional Degree Plans
  (a) The board may establish one or more plans to allow a person to prepay all or part of the tuition and required fees for...
• Texas Section 54.625 - Junior-senior College Plan
  Through the junior-senior college plan, a prepaid tuition contract shall provide prepaid tuition and required fees for the beneficiary to attend: (1) a public junior...
• Texas Section 54.6251 - Private College Plan
  Through the private college plan, a prepaid tuition contract shall provide prepaid estimated average private tuition and required fees for the beneficiary to attend a...
• Texas Section 54.6252 - Contract For Additional Credit Hours
  (a) The board may permit the purchaser of a prepaid tuition contract for a senior college plan or a private college plan at any time...
• Texas Section 54.626 - Contract Payment
  (a) The board may provide for the receipt of payments under prepaid tuition contracts in lump sums or installment payments. If the board allows payments...
• Texas Section 54.6261 - Deferred Use Of Prepaid Credit Hours
  (a) A prepaid tuition contract must permit the beneficiary to elect to pay from another source the beneficiary's tuition and required fees for some or...
• Texas Section 54.6262 - Application Of Unused Credit Hours To Graduate Tuition
  (a) If the beneficiary of a prepaid tuition contract registers in a graduate or professional degree program before the termination of the contract and the...
• Texas Section 54.627 - Change Of Beneficiary
  (a) The purchaser of a prepaid tuition contract may designate a new beneficiary instead of the original beneficiary if the new beneficiary meets the requirements...
• Texas Section 54.628 - Conversion To Another Plan
  (a) A purchaser may convert a prepaid tuition contract from one plan to another plan. (b) The board may adjust the terms of the contract...
• Texas Section 54.629 - Verification Under Oath
  The board may require a purchaser to verify under oath a request to: (1) change a beneficiary; (2) convert a contract to another plan; or...
• Texas Section 54.630 - Promise Or Guarantee Of Admission
  This subchapter is not a promise or guarantee that a beneficiary will be: (1) admitted to any institution of higher education or private or independent...
• Texas Section 54.631 - Contract Termination
  (a) A prepaid tuition contract shall specify: (1) the name of any person who may terminate the contract; and (2) the terms under which the...
• Texas Section 54.632 - Refund
  (a) A prepaid tuition contract shall specify: (1) the name of the person entitled to any refund if the contract is terminated; (2) the terms...
• Texas Section 54.633 - Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Scholarships For Students
  (a) To the extent money is available, the board or the board of a direct-support organization established by the board under Subsection (e) may award...
• Texas Section 54.634 - Establishment Of Trust Fund; College Savings Plan Account
  (a) The Texas tomorrow constitutional trust fund is created as a trust fund to be held with the comptroller. The fund consists of: (1) state...
• Texas Section 54.635 - Comptroller
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), the comptroller is the custodian of the assets of the fund. (b) The comptroller shall pay money from...
• Texas Section 54.636 - Investment Of Fund Assets
  (a) The board shall invest the assets of the fund. (b) The board may contract with private professional investment managers to assist the board in...
• Texas Section 54.637 - Use Of Fund Assets
  The assets of the fund may be used only to: (1) pay the costs of program administration and operations; (2) make payments to institutions of...
• Texas Section 54.6385 - Exemption From Securities Laws
  The registration requirements of The Securities Act (Article 581-1 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) do not apply to the sale of a prepaid tuition...
• Texas Section 54.639 - Exemption From Creditors' Claims
  (a) Money in the fund is exempt from claims of creditors, including claims of creditors of a purchaser, a beneficiary, or a successor in interest...
• Texas Section 54.640 - Actuarial Soundness Of Fund
  (a) The board shall administer the fund in a manner that is sufficiently actuarially sound to pay the costs of program administration and operations and...
• Texas Section 54.6401 - Compliance With Limits On Contributions And Withdrawals
  The board shall monitor contributions to and withdrawals from the fund and any account within the fund to ensure that any applicable limits on contributions...
• Texas Section 54.641 - Statement Regarding Status Of Prepaid Tuition Contract
  (a) Not later than January 1 of each year, the board shall furnish without charge to each purchaser a statement of: (1) the amount paid...
• Texas Section 54.642 - Reports
  (a) Not later than December 1 of each year, the board shall submit to the governor, lieutenant governor, speaker of the house of representatives, Legislative...
• Texas Section 54.643 - Confidentiality
  (a) Records in the custody of the board relating to the participation of specific purchasers and beneficiaries in the program are confidential. (b) Notwithstanding Subsection...

SUBCHAPTER G HIGHER EDUCATION SAVINGS PLAN

• Texas Section 54.644 - Tax Exempt Status Requirements
  (a) The provisions of this section are intended to meet the requirements of Section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (b) A payment...
• Texas Section 54.701 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Beneficiary" means an individual designated as the individual whose qualified higher education expenses are expected to be paid from the savings...
• Texas Section 54.702 - Powers And Duties Of Board
  (a) The board shall: (1) develop and implement the plan in a manner consistent with this subchapter; (2) select the financial institution or institutions to...
• Texas Section 54.703 - Operation Of Plan; Accounts Held In Trust
  (a) The board shall administer a higher education savings plan to enable individuals to save money for the qualified higher education expenses of an individual...
• Texas Section 54.704 - Selection Of Financial Institution As Plan Manager
  (a) The board shall contract with one or more financial institutions to serve as plan manager and to invest the money in savings trust accounts....
• Texas Section 54.705 - Duties Of Plan Manager
  (a) A plan manager shall: (1) take all actions required to keep the plan in compliance with this subchapter, to ensure that the plan qualifies...
• Texas Section 54.706 - Contract Between Board And Plan Manager
  (a) A contract between the board and a financial institution to act as a plan manager under this subchapter must be for a term of...
• Texas Section 54.707 - Savings Trust Accounts
  (a) An individual may open a savings trust account to save money for the payment of the qualified higher education expenses of a beneficiary. The...
• Texas Section 54.708 - Contributions And Withdrawals; Penalty For Nonqualified Withdrawal
  (a) Contributions to a savings trust account may be made only in cash or by electronic funds transfer. An employee of the state or a...
• Texas Section 54.709 - Administration Of Accounts
  (a) A plan manager shall provide separate accounting for each savings trust account. (b) An account owner or beneficiary may not direct the investment of...
• Texas Section 54.710 - Plan Limitations
  (a) Nothing in this subchapter or in any savings trust agreement entered into under this subchapter may be construed to: (1) give a beneficiary any...
• Texas Section 54.711 - No Promise Of Admission, Enrollment, Or Graduation
  The opening or maintenance of a savings trust account does not promise or guarantee that a beneficiary of the account will: (1) be admitted to...
• Texas Section 54.712 - Residency Not Required
  A savings trust account owner or beneficiary is not required to be a resident of this state. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1250,...
• Texas Section 54.713 - Policies For Promotion And Disclosure Of Information
  The board shall adopt policies for promotion of the plan and the disclosure of plan information to savings trust account owners and beneficiaries in a...
• Texas Section 54.714 - Confidentiality Of Records
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, all information relating to the plan is public and subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code....
• Texas Section 54.715 - Termination Or Modification Of Plan
  If the comptroller determines that the plan is not financially feasible, the comptroller shall notify the governor and the legislature and recommend that the board...

SUBCHAPTER H PREPAID TUITION UNIT UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAM: TEXAS TOMORROW FUND II

• Texas Section 54.716 - Effect Of Termination Of Plan On Savings Trust Agreement
  If the plan is terminated, the balance of each savings trust account shall be paid to the account owner, to the extent possible, and any...
• Texas Section 54.751 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Accredited out-of-state institution of higher education" means a public or private institution of higher education that: (A) is located outside this...
• Texas Section 54.752 - Powers And Duties Of Board Concerning Program
  (a) In addition to carrying out duties assigned under Subchapters F and G, the Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board shall administer the prepaid tuition unit...
• Texas Section 54.753 - Prepaid Tuition Units: Purchase; Assigned Value; Types; Price
  (a) Under the program, a purchaser may prepay the costs of all or a portion of a beneficiary's undergraduate tuition and required fees at a...
• Texas Section 54.754 - Redemption Of Tuition Units
  (a) In accordance with this subchapter, when a beneficiary under a prepaid tuition contract redeems one or more tuition units to pay costs of tuition...
• Texas Section 54.755 - Prepaid Tuition Contract
  (a) The board shall adopt a form for a prepaid tuition contract to be used by the board and purchasers. (b) A prepaid tuition contract...
• Texas Section 54.756 - Purchaser; Beneficiary
  (a) A purchaser may be any person who is permitted to be a purchaser under Section 529, Internal Revenue Code of 1986. The purchaser is...
• Texas Section 54.757 - Contract Payment
  (a) The board may provide for the receipt of payment under prepaid tuition contracts in lump sums or installment payments. If the board allows payments...
• Texas Section 54.758 - Deferred Use Of Prepaid Credit Hours
  (a) A prepaid tuition contract must permit the beneficiary to elect to pay from a source other than tuition units purchased under the contract the...
• Texas Section 54.759 - Change Of Beneficiary
  (a) The purchaser of a prepaid tuition contract may designate a different beneficiary in place of the original beneficiary if the new beneficiary meets the...
• Texas Section 54.760 - Verification Under Oath
  The board may require a purchaser to verify under oath a request to: (1) change a beneficiary; or (2) terminate a contract. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 54.761 - Promise Or Guarantee Of Admission
  This subchapter is not a promise or guarantee that a beneficiary will be: (1) admitted to any public or private institution of higher education; (2)...
• Texas Section 54.762 - Contract Termination
  (a) A prepaid tuition contract shall specify: (1) the name of any person who may terminate the contract; and (2) the terms under which the...
• Texas Section 54.763 - Refund
  (a) A prepaid tuition contract shall specify: (1) the name of the person entitled to any refund if the contract is terminated; (2) the terms...
• Texas Section 54.764 - Fund
  (a) The Texas tomorrow fund II prepaid tuition unit undergraduate education program fund is established as a trust fund outside of the state treasury. (b)...
• Texas Section 54.765 - Comptroller's Duties; Transfers To Institutions On Redemption Of Tuition Units
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (h), the comptroller is the custodian of the assets of the fund. (b) The comptroller shall pay money from...
• Texas Section 54.766 - Investment Of Fund Assets
  (a) The board shall provide for investing the assets of the fund. In investing the fund, the board has the same investment authority as that...
• Texas Section 54.767 - Use Of Fund Assets
  The assets of the fund may be used only to: (1) pay the costs of program administration and operations; (2) make payments to general academic...
• Texas Section 54.7671 - Transfers Among 529 Plans
  (a) The board by rule shall provide for a purchaser to transfer money between an account under this subchapter and an account under another plan...
• Texas Section 54.768 - Exemption From Securities Laws
  The registration requirements of The Securities Act (Article 581-1 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) do not apply to the sale of a prepaid tuition...
• Texas Section 54.769 - Exemption From Creditors' Claims
  (a) Money in the fund is exempt from claims of creditors, including claims of creditors of a purchaser, a beneficiary, or a successor in interest...
• Texas Section 54.770 - Actuarial Soundness Of Fund
  (a) The board shall administer the fund in a manner that is sufficiently actuarially sound to pay the costs of program administration and operations and...
• Texas Section 54.771 - Compliance With Limits On Contributions And Withdrawals
  The board shall monitor contributions to and withdrawals from the fund and any account within the fund to ensure that any applicable limits on contributions...
• Texas Section 54.772 - Tax Exempt Status Requirements
  (a) This section is intended to meet the requirements of Section 529, Internal Revenue Code of 1986. (b) A payment of an amount due to...
• Texas Section 54.773 - Suspension Of New Enrollment; Program Modification Or Termination
  (a) On the request of the comptroller as the comptroller considers necessary to ensure the actuarial soundness of the fund, the board may temporarily suspend...
• Texas Section 54.774 - Effect Of Program Termination On Contract
  (a) A prepaid tuition contract remains in effect after the program is terminated if, when the program is terminated, the beneficiary: (1) has been accepted...
• Texas Section 54.775 - Confidentiality
  (a) Records in the custody of the board relating to the participation of specific purchasers and beneficiaries in the program are confidential. (b) Notwithstanding Subsection...
• Texas Section 54.776 - Statement Regarding Status Of Prepaid Tuition Contract
  Not later than January 1 of each year, the board shall provide without charge to each purchaser a statement of: (1) the amount paid by...
• Texas Section 54.777 - Information Required For Annual Report
  (a) The board shall maintain the following information for the purpose of inclusion in the annual report under Section 54.642: (1) the fiscal transactions of...

SUBCHAPTER I TEXAS SAVE AND MATCH PROGRAM

• Texas Section 54.778 - Audit
  The fund and the operations of the board are subject to audit by the state auditor in accordance with Chapter 321, Government Code. Added by...
• Texas Section 54.801 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Accredited out-of-state institution of higher education," "career school," "general academic teaching institution," "private or independent institution of higher education," and "two-year...
• Texas Section 54.802 - Texas Save And Match Program
  (a) The board, in cooperation with the program entity, shall administer the Texas Save and Match Program, under which money contributed to a savings trust...
• Texas Section 54.803 - Initial Eligibility For Participation In Program
  (a) To be initially eligible to participate in the program, a beneficiary, at the time a prepaid tuition contract is entered into on the beneficiary's...
• Texas Section 54.804 - Limitations
  A matching account established by the board or program entity on behalf of a beneficiary under this subchapter is forfeited and reverts to the board...
• Texas Section 54.805 - Matching Account Administration
  (a) A matching account established by the board or program entity on behalf of a beneficiary under this subchapter must be accounted for separately from...
• Texas Section 54.806 - Confidentiality
  (a) Records in the custody of the board or program entity relating to the participation of specific purchasers, beneficiaries, applicants, scholarship recipients, or donors under...
• Texas Section 54.807 - Pilot Projects Under Program
  To fulfill the intent of the program, the board may use funds described by Section 54.802(a)(2) to establish pilot projects under the program in an...
• Texas Section 54.808 - Texas Save And Match Trust Fund; Agreements Between Board And Program Entity Regarding Program Entity Funds
  (a) The Texas save and match trust fund is established as a trust fund to be held with the comptroller. (b) Money in the fund...

SUBCHAPTER J TEXAS ACHIEVING A BETTER LIFE EXPERIENCE (ABLE) PROGRAM

• Texas Section 54.809 - Rules
  The board shall adopt rules for the administration of this subchapter. Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1186 (H.B. 3708), Sec. 3, eff....
• Texas Section 54.901 - Purposes Of Program
  The purposes of this subchapter are as follows: (1) to encourage and assist individuals and families in saving funds for the purpose of supporting individuals...
• Texas Section 54.902 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "ABLE account" has the meaning assigned by Section 529A, Internal Revenue Code. (2) "ABLE program" or "program" means the Texas Achieving...
• Texas Section 54.903 - Creation Of Program And Account; Administration
  (a) The Texas Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Program is created under this subchapter. The Texas ABLE savings plan account is established as a...
• Texas Section 54.904 - Powers And Duties Of Board
  (a) To establish and administer the ABLE program, the board shall: (1) develop and implement the program; (2) adopt rules and establish policies and procedures...
• Texas Section 54.9045 - Collection Of Fees
  The board shall collect administrative fees and service charges in connection with any agreement, contract, or transaction relating to the program in amounts not exceeding...
• Texas Section 54.905 - Investment Of Funds
  (a) All money paid by a participant in connection with a participation agreement shall be: (1) deposited into an individual ABLE account held on behalf...
• Texas Section 54.906 - Treatment Of Assets
  (a) The assets of the ABLE program shall at all times be preserved, invested, and spent only for the purposes provided by this subchapter and...
• Texas Section 54.9065 - Exclusion Of Able Account Assets From Certain Benefit Eligibility Determinations
  Notwithstanding any other provision of state law that requires consideration of the financial circumstances of an applicant for assistance or a benefit provided under that...
• Texas Section 54.907 - Exemption From Securities Laws
  An ABLE account is not a security within the meaning of the term as defined by Section 4, The Securities Act (Article 581-4, Vernon's Texas...
• Texas Section 54.908 - Participation Agreements
  (a) Under the ABLE program, the board may enter into participation agreements with participants on behalf of designated beneficiaries. (b) A participation agreement may include...
• Texas Section 54.9085 - Encumbrance Or Transfer Of Account Prohibited
  (a) An ABLE account may not be assigned for the benefit of creditors, used as security or collateral for any loan, or otherwise subject to...
• Texas Section 54.909 - Use Of Fund Assets
  The assets of the program may only be used to: (1) make distributions to designated beneficiaries; (2) pay the costs of program administration and operations;...
• Texas Section 54.910 - Designated Beneficiary
  (a) The participant is the designated beneficiary and the owner of the ABLE account except as described by Subsection (b) and as otherwise permitted by...
• Texas Section 54.911 - Verification Under Oath
  The board may require a participant to verify under oath: (1) the participant's certification as an eligible individual; (2) the participant's selection to change a...
• Texas Section 54.912 - Cancellation
  (a) A participant may cancel a participation agreement at will. (b) Each participation agreement must provide that the agreement may be canceled on the terms...
• Texas Section 54.913 - Reports
  (a) The board shall comply with the reporting requirements in Section 529A, Internal Revenue Code. (b) The board shall report financial information related to the...
• Texas Section 54.914 - Confidentiality Of Records
  (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, all information relating to the program is public and subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code....
• Texas Section 54.915 - Program Limitations
  (a) Nothing in this subchapter or in any participation agreement entered into under this subchapter may be construed to guarantee that amounts saved under the...
• Texas Section 54.916 - Termination Or Modification Of Program
  (a) If the comptroller determines that the ABLE program is not financially feasible, the comptroller shall notify the governor and the legislature and recommend that...
• Texas Section 54.917 - Able Program Advisory Committee
  (a) The ABLE program advisory committee is established to review rules and procedures related to the ABLE program, to provide guidance, suggest changes, and make...

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