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.