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78R6598 YDB-D

By:  Flores                                                       H.B. No. 1451



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the education benefits provided to eligible survivors 
of certain public servants killed in the line of duty.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 615.0225(a), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  A person is eligible to receive education benefits under 
this section if the person is:
		(1)  a surviving spouse;  or                                                  
		(2)  a surviving child[, if the child was claimed as a 
dependent on the income tax return filed with the Internal Revenue 
Service by the listed individual in the year preceding the year in 
which the listed individual died].
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act to Section 
615.0225, Government Code, relating to the education benefits for 
certain survivors applies only in relation to a death that occurs on 
or after the effective date of this Act. Education benefits under 
Section 615.0225, Government Code, in relation to a death that 
occurs before the effective date of this Act, are governed by the 
law in effect when the death occurs, and the former law is continued 
in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  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, 2003.