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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the appointment by certain elected officials of |
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students to receive a Texas Armed Services Scholarship. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.9772(b), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) In each year, the governor and the lieutenant governor |
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may each appoint two students and each state senator and each state |
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representative may appoint one student to receive an initial |
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scholarship under this subchapter. If a student appointed under |
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this subsection to receive a scholarship fails to maintain |
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eligibility or otherwise meet the requirements to continue |
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receiving the scholarship, the elected official who appointed the |
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student may appoint another student eligible under this subchapter |
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to receive any available funds designated for the student |
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originally appointed. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |