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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility for education benefits of surviving |
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minor children of certain public employees killed in the line of |
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duty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 615.0225, Government |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person is eligible to receive education benefits under |
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this section if the person is: |
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(1) a surviving spouse; or |
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(2) a surviving minor child as defined by Section |
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615.001[, if the child was claimed as a dependent on the income tax
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return filed with the Internal Revenue Service by the listed
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individual in the year preceding the year in which the listed
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individual died]. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Subsection |
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(a), Section 615.0225, Government Code, regarding the eligibility |
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of a surviving child for educational benefits applies in relation |
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to a death that occurs on or after September 1, 2001. However, that |
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change applies only with respect to education benefits awarded by |
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an institution of higher education beginning with the 2007 fall |
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semester. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 457 passed the Senate on |
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March 28, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 457 passed the House on |
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May 8, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, two present |
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not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |