H.B. No. 2396
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to eliminating requirements that certain public
  institutions of higher education set aside portions of tuition for
  student loan repayment programs for certain physicians and state
  attorneys.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 61.5391(a), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The physician education loan repayment program account
  is an account in the general revenue fund.  The account is composed
  of:
               (1)  gifts and grants contributed to the account;
               (2)  earnings on the principal of the account; and
               (3)  other amounts deposited to the credit of the
  account, including:
                     (A)  money deposited under Section [61.539(b) or]
  61.5392;
                     (B)  legislative appropriations; and
                     (C)  money deposited under Section 155.2415, Tax
  Code.
         SECTION 2.  Sections 61.9730 and 61.9732, Education Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 61.9730.  TOTAL AMOUNT OF REPAYMENT ASSISTANCE. The
  total amount of repayment assistance distributed by the board under
  this subchapter may not exceed the total amount available for the
  program under Section 61.9732 [of gifts, grants, and donations
  accepted by the board for repayment assistance and tuition set
  aside under Section 61.9731].
         Sec. 61.9732.  LIMITATIONS ON FUNDING. The loan repayment
  program under this subchapter may be funded only from:
               (1)  gifts, grants, and donations accepted by the
  board; [and]
               (2)  legislative appropriations for the program; and
               (3)  money budgeted for the program by the office of the
  attorney general from appropriations made to that office [tuition
  set aside under Section 61.9731].
         SECTION 3.  The following provisions of the Education Code
  are repealed:
               (1)  Section 61.539; and
               (2)  Section 61.9731.
         SECTION 4.  (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
  beginning with tuition charged for the 2015 fall semester.
         (b)  Tuition charged for any semester or other academic term
  before the 2015 fall semester is covered by the applicable law as it
  existed before the effective date of this Act, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 5.  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.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2396 was passed by the House on May 6,
  2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2396 was passed by the Senate on May
  22, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor