By Rangel                                             H.B. No. 3054
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to student financial aid to supplement a TEXAS grant for a
 1-3     student of an institution of higher education.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 56.307(j), Education Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           (j)  An institution may use other available sources of
 1-8     financial aid[, other than a loan or a Pell grant,] to cover any
 1-9     difference in the amount of a TEXAS grant and the actual amount of
1-10     tuition and required fees at the institution.
1-11           SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies
1-12     beginning with student financial aid for the 2001-2002 academic
1-13     year.
1-14           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-15     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-16     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-17     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-18     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.