85R838 JRJ-F
By: Allen H.B. No. 3119
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) gifts, grants, and donations solicited and
accepted by the board for the purposes of this subchapter; and
(2) fees collected to cover the costs of administering
programs or activities for speech-language pathologists and
audiologists under Chapter 51, Occupations Code, in excess of the
money required to pay the expenses for the administration of those
programs or activities.
SECTION 2. Section 51.202, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Any money from fees collected by the department under
this chapter to cover the costs of administering programs or
activities for speech-language pathologists and audiologists that
remains after payment of the expenses for the administration of
those programs or activities may be used to fund the loan repayment
program established under Subchapter II, Chapter 61, Education
Code.
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, 2017.