Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1394 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R8682 KJE-D
2	2	By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1394
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to eliminating certain restrictions on eligibility for
8	8	certain state student financial assistance programs.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 54.633(b), Education Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	(b) A scholarship awarded under this section terminates if
13	13	the student to whom the scholarship is awarded is[:
14	14	[(1) convicted of, or adjudicated as having engaged in
15	15	delinquent conduct constituting, an offense under Chapter 481,
16	16	Health and Safety Code; or
17	17	[(2)] convicted of, or adjudicated as having engaged
18	18	in delinquent conduct constituting, a felony or Class A
19	19	misdemeanor.
20	20	SECTION 2. Section 56.304(b), Education Code, is amended to
21	21	read as follows:
22	22	(b) A person is not eligible to receive a TEXAS grant if the
23	23	person has been convicted of a felony [or an offense under Chapter
24	24	481, Health and Safety Code (Texas Controlled Substances Act), or
25	25	under the law of another jurisdiction involving a controlled
26	26	substance as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code],
27	27	unless the person has met the other applicable eligibility
28	28	requirements under this subchapter and has:
29	29	(1) received a certificate of discharge by the Texas
30	30	Department of Criminal Justice or a correctional facility or
31	31	completed a period of probation ordered by a court, and at least two
32	32	years have elapsed from the date of the receipt or completion; or
33	33	(2) been pardoned, had the record of the offense
34	34	expunged from the person's record, or otherwise has been released
35	35	from the resulting ineligibility to receive a grant under this
36	36	subchapter.
37	37	SECTION 3. Section 56.305(b), Education Code, is amended to
38	38	read as follows:
39	39	(b) A person is not eligible to continue to receive a TEXAS
40	40	grant under this section if the person has been convicted of a
41	41	felony [or an offense under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code
42	42	(Texas Controlled Substances Act), or under the law of another
43	43	jurisdiction involving a controlled substance as defined by Chapter
44	44	481, Health and Safety Code], unless the person has met the other
45	45	applicable eligibility requirements under this subchapter and has:
46	46	(1) received a certificate of discharge by the Texas
47	47	Department of Criminal Justice or a correctional facility or
48	48	completed a period of probation ordered by a court, and at least two
49	49	years have elapsed from the date of the receipt or completion; or
50	50	(2) been pardoned, had the record of the offense
51	51	expunged from the person's record, or otherwise has been released
52	52	from the resulting ineligibility to receive a grant under this
53	53	subchapter.
54	54	SECTION 4. Section 56.357(c), Education Code, is amended to
55	55	read as follows:
56	56	(c) A person is not eligible to receive a grant under the
57	57	program if the person has been convicted of a felony [or an offense
58	58	under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code (Texas Controlled
59	59	Substances Act), or under the law of another jurisdiction involving
60	60	a controlled substance, as defined by Chapter 481, Health and
61	61	Safety Code], unless the person has met the other applicable
62	62	eligibility requirements under this section and has:
63	63	(1) received a certificate of discharge by the Texas
64	64	Department of Criminal Justice or a correctional facility or
65	65	completed a period of probation ordered by a court, and at least two
66	66	years have elapsed from the date of the receipt or completion; or
67	67	(2) been pardoned, had the record of the offense
68	68	expunged from the person's record, or otherwise has been released
69	69	from the resulting ineligibility to receive a grant under the
70	70	program.
71	71	SECTION 5. Section 56.404(b), Education Code, is amended to
72	72	read as follows:
73	73	(b) A person is not eligible to receive a grant under this
74	74	subchapter if the person has been convicted of a felony [or an
75	75	offense under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code (Texas Controlled
76	76	Substances Act), or under the law of another jurisdiction involving
77	77	a controlled substance as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety
78	78	Code], unless the person has met the other applicable eligibility
79	79	requirements under this subchapter and has:
80	80	(1) received a certificate of discharge by the Texas
81	81	Department of Criminal Justice or a correctional facility or
82	82	completed a period of probation ordered by a court and at least two
83	83	years have elapsed from the date of the receipt or completion; or
84	84	(2) been pardoned, had the record of the offense
85	85	expunged from the person's record, or otherwise been released from
86	86	the resulting ineligibility to receive a grant under this
87	87	subchapter.
88	88	SECTION 6. Section 56.405(b), Education Code, is amended to
89	89	read as follows:
90	90	(b) A person is not eligible to continue to receive a grant
91	91	under this section if the person has been convicted of a felony [or
92	92	an offense under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code (Texas
93	93	Controlled Substances Act), or under the law of another
94	94	jurisdiction involving a controlled substance as defined by Chapter
95	95	481, Health and Safety Code], unless the person has met the other
96	96	applicable eligibility requirements under this subchapter and has:
97	97	(1) received a certificate of discharge by the Texas
98	98	Department of Criminal Justice or a correctional facility or
99	99	completed a period of probation ordered by a court and at least two
100	100	years have elapsed from the date of the receipt or completion; or
101	101	(2) been pardoned, had the record of the offense
102	102	expunged from the person's record, or otherwise been released from
103	103	the resulting ineligibility to receive a grant under this
104	104	subchapter.
105	105	SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
106	106	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
107	107	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
108	108	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
109	109	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.