A four-year public institution of higher education and Athens State University, at the discretion of its governing board, and a two-year public institution of higher education, except Athens State University, at the discretion of the Chancellor of the Department of Postsecondary Education, may elect to adopt policies regarding nonresident tuition which are more rigorous than those specified in this chapter.
Ala. Code § 16-64-5 (1975)