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79R6675 CAS-F

By:  Martinez Fischer                                             H.B. No. 3133



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the enrollment of certain first-generation higher 
education students in the prepaid higher education tuition program.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 54.619, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
	(k)  Regardless of whether the board temporarily suspends 
other new enrollment under Subsection (j), with the authorization 
of the comptroller, the board may enter into a prepaid tuition 
contract with a purchaser to enroll in the program a beneficiary who 
does not have a biological or adoptive parent or grandparent who has 
attended a public or private institution of higher education in or 
outside of this state.  The board shall adopt rules to administer 
this section, including rules prescribing the information that a 
prospective purchaser must submit to the board to demonstrate that 
a prospective beneficiary is eligible to be enrolled in the program 
under this subsection.
	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, 2005.