82R7918 JRJ-D
By: Ellis S.B. No. 1067
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to funding the TEXAS grant program at public institutions
of higher education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 56.310, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) An eligible institution may solicit and accept gifts,
grants, and donations from any public or private source for the
purpose of awarding a TEXAS grant under this subchapter to a person
enrolled in the institution. The institution may develop and
implement an appropriate process for the naming and sponsoring of
an individual grant awarded under this subchapter to a person
enrolled in the institution or any gift, grant, or donation
received by the institution under this subsection.
SECTION 2. 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, 2011.