Tex. Education Code § 54.621
This is the official text of Tex. Education Code § 54.621, part of Texas’s Education Code — governs public schools and universities in Texas.
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§ 54.621. BENEFICIARY.
Official statutory text
(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 of age or older and enrolled in high school at the time the purchaser enters into the contract and must be:
(1) a resident of this state at the time the purchaser enters into the contract; or
(2) a nonresident who is the child of a parent who is a resident of this state at the time that parent enters into the contract.
(b) The board may require a reasonable period of residence in this state for a beneficiary or the parent of a beneficiary.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of Subchapter B, the tuition and required fees charged by an institution of higher education for semester hours and fees that are paid for by a prepaid tuition contract shall be determined as if the beneficiary of that contract were a resident student.
(d) In order to provide sufficient time for program investments to mature in an actuarially sound manner with regard to the amounts prepaid under a contract entered into after December 31, 2003, the board may require a maturity period between the time a purchaser enters into the contract and the time the board must act on its contractual obligation to pay any tuition or fees on behalf of the beneficiary.
(1) a resident of this state at the time the purchaser enters into the contract; or
(2) a nonresident who is the child of a parent who is a resident of this state at the time that parent enters into the contract.
(b) The board may require a reasonable period of residence in this state for a beneficiary or the parent of a beneficiary.
(c) Notwithstanding any provision of Subchapter B, the tuition and required fees charged by an institution of higher education for semester hours and fees that are paid for by a prepaid tuition contract shall be determined as if the beneficiary of that contract were a resident student.
(d) In order to provide sufficient time for program investments to mature in an actuarially sound manner with regard to the amounts prepaid under a contract entered into after December 31, 2003, the board may require a maturity period between the time a purchaser enters into the contract and the time the board must act on its contractual obligation to pay any tuition or fees on behalf of the beneficiary.
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