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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to federal funding for personal responsibility education |
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programs. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 33.904 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.904. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION PROGRAMS; |
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FEDERAL FUNDING. (a) The governor, in collaboration with the |
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executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission, |
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shall submit to the United States secretary of health and human |
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services an application for each of the fiscal years 2011 through |
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2014 as provided by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act |
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(Pub. L. No. 111-148) to receive allotted federal funds for this |
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state to carry out personal responsibility education programs as |
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provided by that Act. |
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(b) This section expires September 1, 2015. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |