82R9472 SLB-D By: Villarreal H.B. No. 1963 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the funding of scholarships by license fees. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 57, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 57.003 to read as follows: Sec. 57.003. FEES DEDICATED TO SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS. A fee collected from a license holder to fund a scholarship program may be used only for the purpose of funding the scholarship program. SECTION 2. Section 57.003, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a fee collected on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.