1. (a) Board staff shall produce and distribute a state-wide Hazlewood Act Exemption Application, requiring institutions to obtain the following information from applicants for the exemption:

   1. (1) general information about the veteran, spouse, and/or child,
   2. (2) point of entry, home of record, or residency information for the time that the veteran entered the service,
   3. (3) residency information for the time that the veteran, spouse or child wishes to use the exemption,
   4. (4) a certification of the validity of the information provided by the veteran, spouse, or child, and
   5. (5) a statement granting permission to the institution to release current term or semester and historic credit hour information to the Board and granting permission for the Board to share such data with any institution that the veteran, spouse, or child might attend.
2. (b) For an otherwise eligible veteran, spouse, or child to be entitled to a Hazlewood Act exemption in a given term or semester, he or she must have a completed Hazlewood Act Exemption Application and the supporting documentation on file with the institution no later than one year after the institution provides written notice to the applicant of his or her eligibility or receives written confirmation from the applicant acknowledging the applicant's awareness of his or her eligibility for the exemption, whichever is earlier.
3. (c) All institutions shall require the completed Hazlewood Act Exemption Application Form with supporting documentation at least once each year in which an exemption is granted.

Source Note:The provisions of this §461.70 adopted to be effective August 26, 2009, 34 TexReg 5685; amended to be effective September 6, 2011, 36 TexReg 5684; amended to be effective November 28, 2012, 37 TexReg 9359; transferred effective May 26, 2013, as published in the Texas Register July 12, 2013, 38 TexReg 4513.