By Telford, Rangel, Hunter, Goolsby, Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 1576
77R5061 JSA-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the amount of financial assistance a student may
1-3 receive under the TEXAS grant and tuition equalization grant
1-4 programs.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 56.307(h), Education Code, is amended to
1-7 read as follows:
1-8 (h) The total amount of grants that a student may receive in
1-9 an academic year under this subchapter and under Section 61.221 may
1-10 not exceed the total amount of tuition and required fees charged to
1-11 the student in that year for the academic periods for which one or
1-12 more of the grants were awarded [maximum amount authorized under
1-13 Section 61.227].
1-14 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies
1-15 beginning with the 2001-2002 academic year.
1-16 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-17 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-18 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-19 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-20 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.