84R9917 JSL-F
 
  By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1438
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to funding sources for the repayment of certain
  speech-language pathologist and audiologist education loans.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 61.9818, Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 61.9818.  PROGRAM FUNDING. The program may be funded
  [solely] from:
               (1)  gifts, grants, and donations solicited and
  accepted by the board for the purposes of this subchapter; and
               (2)  fees collected under Chapter 401, Occupations
  Code, in excess of the money required to pay the expenses for the
  administration of that chapter.
         SECTION 2.  Section 401.204, Occupations Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  Any money from fees collected by the board under this
  chapter that remains after payment of the expenses for the
  administration of this chapter may be used to fund the loan
  repayment program established under Subchapter II, Chapter 61,
  Education Code, as added by Chapter 133 (S.B. 620), Acts of the 83rd
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2013.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2015.