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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. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 49 passed the Senate on |
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March 6, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 49 passed the House on |
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May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 1, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |