By: Seliger  S.B. No. 490
         (In the Senate - Filed February 11, 2013; February 13, 2013,
  read first time and referred to Committee on Higher Education;
  March 21, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
  Nays 0; March 21, 2013, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the expiration of tuition equalization grant
  requirements for grants awarded before the 2005-2006 academic year.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 61.225, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
         (d)  This section does not apply to the eligibility
  requirements for grants awarded for an academic year after the
  2014-2015 academic year.
         (e)  This section expires January 1, 2016.
         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, 2013.
 
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