86R10112 JRJ-D
By: Neave H.B. No. 2140
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to creating an electronic application system for state
student financial assistance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 61, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 61.07762 to read as follows:
Sec. 61.07762. APPLICATION FOR STATE FINANCIAL AID. (a)
The board shall adopt procedures to allow a person to complete and
submit the Texas Application for State Financial Aid (TASFA) or a
similar application for state student financial assistance by
electronic submission through the board's Internet website.
(b) For the purposes of this section, the board shall
continuously maintain an online database of institutions of higher
education to which state student financial assistance may be
applied.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply
beginning with applications for state student financial assistance
submitted for the 2020-2021 academic year.
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, 2019.