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  82R9472 SLB-D
 
  By: Villarreal H.B. No. 1963
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the funding of scholarships by license fees.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 57, Occupations Code, is amended by
  adding Section 57.003 to read as follows:
         Sec. 57.003.  FEES DEDICATED TO SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS.  A fee
  collected from a license holder to fund a scholarship program may be
  used only for the purpose of funding the scholarship program.
         SECTION 2.  Section 57.003, Occupations Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to a fee collected on or after the effective
  date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.