Bill Text: TX HB226 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to education benefits at public institutions of higher education for certain survivors of public servants.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-25 - Filed [HB226 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB226-Introduced.html

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87S20627 MM-D
By: Jetton H.B. No. 226

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to education benefits at public institutions of higher
education for certain survivors of public servants.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as Caleb Rule's Law.
SECTION 2. Section 54.354(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A person is eligible to receive education benefits under
this section if the person is one of the following eligible
survivors of an individual listed under Section 615.003, Government
Code:
(1) a surviving spouse; or
(2) a surviving [minor] child who:
(A) on the date of the listed individual's death
is younger than 25 years of age; and
(B) if the child is not a biological or adopted
child of the listed individual, was claimed as a dependent on the
individual's federal income tax return for the year preceding the
year of the individual's death [as defined by Section 615.001,
Government Code].
SECTION 3. Section 54.354(a), Education Code, as amended by
this Act, applies beginning with costs charged for the spring 2022
semester. Costs charged for an academic period before that semester
are covered by the law in effect immediately before the effective
date of this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 4. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
legislative session.