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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 994
BY REPRESENTATIVE HARRISON
STUDENT/LOANS-SCHOLARSHP: Relative to TOPS, provides, under specified
circumstances, for the repayment by a student of an award amount paid on his behalf
by the state during the first two award years
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 17:3048.1(C)(6), relative to the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students; to2
provide for program eligibility, including under specified circumstances, for the3
repayment by a student of an award amount that is paid on his behalf during the first4
two award years; to provide conditions and limitations; to provide effectiveness; to5
provide an effective date; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 17:3048.1(C)(6) is hereby enacted to read as follows: 8
ยง3048.1. Program awards; eligibility; amounts; limitations; funding; administration9
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C.11
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(6)(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter to the contrary and in13
addition to any other eligibility requirements provided by this Section for a student14
to initially receive and to continue to receive a program award, for a student to be15
eligible to have an award payment made on his behalf by the administering agency16
to an eligible institution, the student on whose behalf an award payment is made for17
any particular semester or other applicable time period during the first two award18
years shall agree to and be required to repay to the administering agency such award19 HLS 10RS-1432 ORIGINAL
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amount upon a determination by the agency that the student, during that particular1
semester or other applicable time period, failed to meet any of the requirements2
provided by Paragraph (A)(4) of this Section as may be applicable relative to the3
student making steady academic progress or maintaining full-time standing for4
continuing in the program.5
(b) The provisions of this Paragraph shall be applicable to those students6
who first qualify for a program award for the 2011-2012 award year or for any award7
year thereafter.8
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not10
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature11
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If12
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become13
effective on the day following such approval.14
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Harrison HB No. 994
Abstract: Relative to TOPS, provides for the repayment of a TOPS award for any
particular semester (or equivalent time period) during the first two award years when
it is determined that the student during that particular semester failed to meet
applicable program requirements relative to making steady academic progress or
maintaining full-time standing. Applies to those students who first qualify for a
program award for the 2011-2012 award year and any award year thereafter.
Proposed law, relative to the Taylor Opportunity Program for Students, provides
(notwithstanding any provision of present law to the contrary and in addition to any other
eligibility requirements provided by present law for a student to initially receive and to
continue to receive a program award) that for a student to be eligible to have an award
payment during the first two award years, the student, for any particular semester or other
applicable time period, shall agree to and be required to repay such award amount upon a
determination by the agency that the student, during that particular semester or other
applicable time period, failed to meet any of the requirements provided by present law (as
may be applicable) relative to making steady academic progress or maintaining full-time
standing for continuing in the program.
Provides that proposed law provisions are applicable to those students who first qualify for
a program award for the 2011-2012 award year and any award year thereafter. HLS 10RS-1432 ORIGINAL
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Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 17:3048.1(C)(6))