HB5619 - Relating to extending the Hazlewood Exemption Act to active-duty members.

      By: Wilson H.B. No. 5619       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to extending the Hazlewood Exemption Act to active-duty   members.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 54, Education Code, is amended by   amending Section 54.341 to read as follows:          (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 charges, including fees for   correspondence courses but excluding general deposit fees, student   services fees, and any fees or charges for lodging, board, or   clothing, provided the person seeking the exemption currently   resides in this state and entered the service at a location in this   state, declared this state as the person's home of record in the   manner provided by the applicable military or other service, or   would have been determined to be a resident of this state for   purposes of Subchapter B at the time the person entered the service:                (1)  all nurses and honorably discharged members of the   armed forces of the United States who served during the   Spanish-American War or during World War I;                (2)  all nurses, members of the Women's Army Auxiliary   Corps, members of the Women's Auxiliary Volunteer Emergency   Service, and all honorably discharged members of the armed forces   of the United States who served during World War II except those who   were discharged from service because they were over the age of 38 or   because of a personal request on the part of the person that the   person be discharged from service;                (3)  all honorably discharged men and women of the   armed forces of the United States who served during the national   emergency which began on June 27, 1950, and which is referred to as   the Korean War; and                (4)  all persons who were honorably discharged from the   armed forces of the United States after serving on active military   duty, excluding training, for more than 180 days and who served a   portion of their active duty during:                      (A)  the Cold War which began on the date of the   termination of the national emergency cited in Subdivision (3);                      (B)  the Vietnam era which began on December 21,   1961, and ended on May 7, 1975;                      (C)  the Grenada and Lebanon era which began on   August 24, 1982, and ended on July 31, 1984;                      (D)  the Panama era which began on December 20,   1989, and ended on January 21, 1990;                      (E)  the Persian Gulf War which began on August 2,   1990, and ends on the date thereafter prescribed by Presidential   proclamation or September 1, 1997, whichever occurs first;                      (F)  the national emergency by reason of certain   terrorist attacks that began on September 11, 2001; or                      (G)  any future national emergency declared in   accordance with federal law.                 (5)     all persons currently serving on active duty or   any of the reserve components of the armed forces, who after serving   more than 180 days on active military duty after initial entry   training and served a portion of their active duty during the   qualifying periods listed in subsection (a)(4).          Section 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.