Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS
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iionorablr %. E. Davis, Dean
North Texas &ioUitUAi Collage
Arlington, Texas
Dear Ylrr

1940, you l6vlsed
@aduatlon thla
year and nhoec pare or IS~~~XV, TO=@
to the state or 111 hana yaarago.
This 8tadeat has 8 iagrlcklltural
Collsg4 tklnoepr pursnts mm the
8tatO Of T4Xa8. as to whether the
out-of -atate tee
Statutoa rhould
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ent atudent~,who regletera
more senestsr or tern hours of
lralent to the amount charged
8 by eimilar schools in t&e Qtato
non-rrsiaant student shall be a
unt to be deterulned a&i ilred bp

studonto resident la Texas. Prorldaa, however, thst
if this paragraph shall be held to be unconrtltu-
fional or vold from any cause, there shall be ool-
lected tros each non-resident otudent the suiuot
One HundreU ~oiiars ($100.00) for each sc:5eeteror
Sixty-six Dollars and Arty-oevsn Cents ($66.07)
ror eaah term. irnon-resident atud4nt is hereby
defined to be a trtua4nt ot lose than twcbnty-ona
(21) ytara of ags, Living away ~POP hle rtily ana

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whose rainilyresides In another State, or whose
ra5lig has resld4a within this ixat4 for a period
of tlm less than twelve (121 mnths prior to the
date or r4gistratlon, or s student or twonly-one
(21) years of age or over who resides out of the
Stat4 or who has resided within the State for a
pariod 0r lees than twklve il2) ;nonths prior to
the date or registration."
Pros a readin& of tha last arntenc4 in the above
quot4d s4otlon of tna statute it 1s seen that n student
under twenty-one pears or ags, llvlni:away rrom his family,
and whose fainilgrssldos in another state is a non-resident.
Pros your latt4r w4 understand that the student in ~u4stlon
ia a minor. If the parants of this student chnnged their
domialle rrom Texas to the stat4 or Illinois, under the
plain language 0r the statute we are comppelledto advlso
you that the student must be oonsldered a non-resident and
requlrsd to pay i44s aooorUin6ly. For rurtber elaboration
on the general sub cot mtter of your lnqulry w4 enolora
coplss or our Opin3ens Nos. o-1459 and O-2033.
Yours very truly

Amiif?ZY GXNERAL OI"TXXAS

Glenn R. law18
Assistant

APPROVEI;SEP2'7,1940
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