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| 7 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 7 | | relating to the appointment by certain elected officials of |
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| 10 | 8 | | students to receive a Texas Armed Services Scholarship. |
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| 11 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 61.9772(b), Education Code, is amended |
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| 13 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 12 | | (b) In each year, the governor and the lieutenant governor |
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| 15 | 13 | | may each appoint two students and each state senator and each state |
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| 16 | 14 | | representative may appoint one student to receive an initial |
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| 17 | 15 | | scholarship under this subchapter. If a student appointed under |
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| 18 | 16 | | this subsection to receive a scholarship fails to maintain |
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| 19 | 17 | | eligibility or otherwise meet the requirements to continue |
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| 20 | 18 | | receiving the scholarship, the elected official who appointed the |
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| 21 | 19 | | student may appoint another student eligible under this subchapter |
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| 22 | 20 | | to receive any available funds designated for the student |
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| 23 | 21 | | originally appointed. |
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| 24 | 22 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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