85R838 JRJ-F
 
  By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 247
 
 
 
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 to cover the costs of administering
  programs or activities for speech-language pathologists and
  audiologists under Chapter 51, Occupations Code, in excess of the
  money required to pay the expenses for the administration of those
  programs or activities.
         SECTION 2.  Section 51.202, Occupations Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  Any money from fees collected by the department under
  this chapter to cover the costs of administering programs or
  activities for speech-language pathologists and audiologists that
  remains after payment of the expenses for the administration of
  those programs or activities may be used to fund the loan repayment
  program established under Subchapter II, Chapter 61, Education
  Code.
         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, 2017.