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1961 Book 1 Texas Attorney General Reports and Opinions 1 (1961)

handle is hein.sag/sagtx0096 and id is 1 raw text is: 4780 THE ATTORNEY GENERAL .o vTEXAS AUsTrxw 11, TEXAS WILL WILSON sATTrOBOOEYOM ENEIAL January 3, 1961 Honorable Charles L. Morris Executive Director Veterans Affairs Commission Austin, Texas Opinion No. WW-977 Re: Whether the University of Houston is legally re- quired to grant to certain veterans the right of exemption from payment of tuition fees and charges in accordance with Article 2654b-1, Vernon's Dear Mr. Morris: Civil Statutes. We are in receipt of your letter in which you request an opinion of this office as to whether the University of Houston is legally required to grant to certain veterans the right of exemption from payment of tuition fees and charges in accordance with Article 2654b-1 of Vernon's Annotated Civil Statutes (also known as the Hazelwood Act). Article 2654b-1 reads in part as follows: Section 1. The governing boards of the several institutions of collegiate rank, support- ed in whole or in part by public funds appropriated from the State Treasury, are hereby authorized and directed to except and exempt all citizens of Texas, who have resided in Texas for a period of not less than twelve (12) months prior to the date of regis- tration, and who served during the Spanish-American and/or during the World War as nurses or in the Armed Forces of the United States during the World War and who are honorably discharged therefrom, and who were bona fide legal residents of this State at the time of entering such service, from the payment of all dues, fees and charges whatsoever; . . .

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