By: Nichols  S.B. No. 646          (In the Senate - Filed January 27, 2023; February 17, 2023,   read first time and referred to Subcommittee on Higher Education;   April 6, 2023, reported favorably from Committee on Education by   the following vote:  Yeas 12, Nays 0; April 6, 2023, sent to   printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to formula funding for certain nonresident students   enrolled at Lamar State College--Orange.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 61.059, Education Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (n-1) to read as follows:          (n-1)  In the formula applicable to Lamar State   College--Orange for funding instruction and administration, the   board shall include any contact hours taught through distance   education to students enrolled at that college who reside in   another state and:                (1)  as permitted by Section 54.231(a), pay tuition at   the rate charged to residents of this state; and                (2)  reside in a county or parish in the other state   that is contiguous to the county in which the college is located.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2023.     * * * * *