Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1940 )

OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS AUfflN QouroG.- -- (3. , !f 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 ne of rraidArticle 28540 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 NOCO*M"NtcATIO?4 19,ontz 0ONvmYI0 ASa DlPA"TME?4TAt. OClNlOll UNLtsS ICPRO"~. ."WE AIIeRR=* *=H*-*L ORF1R‘T *sswT*w Hoacrable );;. 6. I;iavla, Dean, Paa;e2 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 /5--&6,&