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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
OplrrlQnRO. 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 s8mbnOW ltand8, 8m ?ollOVSl
s3eo. 1. The governing bo8rds at the l~OVeP81 in-
rtltutian~ 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 aitiXi3nrOf ?eXaa, Who h8V@ re8ided
TU88 fo r 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 andPor dur-
Sn6 the World T8r 8s anrsam or 9x8tbr lnmd
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 wbrtso-
clor, inaladin6 fees for oorrospondonoe oourrerl
provided, horarbr,the faragain l
th8t 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 ro-
turn 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 bme-
fit ai the\sbovr exemption to submit utlmf8otorJ
nidenoe th8t tb8 lppliO8nt
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 lXempted th8t h8re sl-
resdy 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 lnstl-
tutions 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 pav-
mant Of 811 dues, tea8 8nd chargas wh8tsaorer:
provided, however, thst maid uenptions ahall not
8pply to library or 18bOr8tory or sipsil8rdeposita,
nor to faes or ah8rgen for 1adghg~ bO8rd Or aloth-
fn&* fiuob uemptj~onm sh8ll bo gr8ntad subject to
auah l~Dit8titis 8nd rsstrlatlaas 88 Ins?be pro-
soribsd by the gormning bo8rd Of e8oh Of uld In-
stltutiona0 Prolpt~s hwwtnfore 88de by 3t8tO rdu-
68tiOn8] iastitutioaa rith rd@rmOe to rohol8r-
@ipa Uh811 not be int8lidated bl 8. B.’ 322, Ch8p-
tar 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.pe8ffOeted eh811 OOD-
tinus t0 ba 18lid 80 1416 88 the 8tUdOntS 88y de-
aire to us81them 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~ pro-
rlsiansr conditfms 8nd bsneFits horein8bore in
this Artlofe prorlded for in Peotiou 1 ld ia
Reatim 2 8h811 8ppIy end 8oarus to the benefit
of 811 uursss, mmbsrm a? the lOWn'e Army Auxll-
i8ry 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 pro-
vided ?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
8attCInor dlod while in the seniee. l%heprod 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 ear-
rloe 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 8ekatian3 of this ktiole ah811
not 8pptf to or lnalud4 honor8bl y di eoh8rged mm-
berm 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 8g4n-
oies, 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 ml-
tem8tiT0, 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 aonoern-
ed; provided, however, tb8t if suah rates 81 bere-
Ia 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 de-
dusted from sny subsequsnt benefits Xhlob 88ld
rafer8n la8ybe herO8ftOr entitled to r~Otiver the
eduo8tioa81 Institution oanooraed is hereby sutbor-
Ined 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 p8J-
ment. is here8ft4r 8atU8lly reduaed on 8OCOUnt of
tuition psymnts snide by the Pedor8? gOV4nU!Wnt ta
wah edUC8tIOn81 Institutfbn iOr suOh t4ter8n.s
1.32
Ronor8bls E. I?. D8ri8 - p8&0 6
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 re-
fund to 8ny reter8m by the eduOatiOn81 im8titUtiOm aonormrd par-
t8fD8 ODlf to &uitioQ papleDtr* The word0 'duem', "feem~, 8nd
‘Oh8rgO8” 8re lrredirOB $+1aeOto p180@ 131the 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~ oo-
oepted 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 m8n-
nor 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