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*1 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS
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!f %. E. Davis, Dean iionorablr North Texas &ioUitUAi Collage
Arlington, Texas
Dear Ylrr
1940, you l 6vlsed @aduatlon thla year and nhoec pare or IS~~~XV, TO=@ to the state or 111 hana yaarago. This 8tadeat has 8 iagrlcklltural Collsg4 tklnoe pr pursnts mm the 8tatO Of T4Xa8. as to whether the out-of -atate tee rhould
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ne of rraid Article 28540 ent atudent~, who regletera more senestsr or tern hours of to the amount charged lralent schools in t&e Qtato 8 by eimilar 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 suiu ot One HundreU ~oiiars ($100.00) for each sc:5eeter or Sixty-six Dollars and Arty-oevsn Cents ($66.07) ror eaah term. ir non-resident atud4nt is hereby defined to be a trtua4nt ot lose than twcbnty-ona ytara of ags, Living away ~POP hle rtily ana (21) NOCO*M"NtcATIO?4 19 ,o ntz 0ONvmYI0 AS a DlPA"TME?4TAt. OClNlOll UNLtsS ICPRO"~. ." WE AIIeRR=* *=H*-*L OR F1R‘T *sswT*w
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whose rainily resides 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 of age or over who resides out of the (21) years 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 fainilg rssldos 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 comppelled to 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 Opin ens Nos. o-1459 and O-2033. 3
Yours very truly GXNERAL OI" TXXAS Amiif?ZY Glenn R. law18 Assistant APPROVEI;SEP 2'7, 1940
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