84R3532 JSL-F
By: Guillen H.B. No. 1209
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) legislative appropriations, gifts, grants, and
donations solicited and accepted by the board for the purposes of
this subchapter; and
(2) fees collected under Chapter 401, Occupations
Code, in excess of the money required to pay the expenses for the
administration of that chapter.
SECTION 2. Section 401.204, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) Any money from fees collected by the board under this
chapter that remains after payment of the expenses for the
administration of this chapter may be used to fund the loan
repayment program established under Subchapter II, Chapter 61,
Education Code, as added by Chapter 133 (S.B. 620), Acts of the 83rd
Legislature, Regular Session, 2013.
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, 2015.