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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 two alternates and each state |
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senator and each state representative may appoint one student and |
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one alternate to receive an initial scholarship under this |
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subchapter. If a student appointed under this subsection to |
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receive a scholarship fails to initially meet eligibility or |
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otherwise meet the requirements to initially receive the |
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scholarship, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board must |
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notify the alternate on file of their nomination. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |