Sec. 54.012.  TUITION RATES FOR CERTAIN DOCTORAL STUDENTS.  The governing board of an institution of higher education may charge a resident doctoral student who has more semester credit hours of doctoral work than allowed for purposes of state funding for the current state fiscal biennium under Section 61.059(l) tuition at the rate charged nonresident doctoral students.  Tuition charged at the rate provided by this section shall be accounted for as if collected under Section 54.008.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 27, Sec. 5, eff. April 13, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 690, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Transferred from Education Code, Section 54.066 by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 888 (S.B. 1528), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2005.