By: Hinojosa, et al. (Senate Sponsor - West)	H.B. No. 2750
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2017;
	May 18, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
	and Commerce; May 21, 2017, rereferred to Committee on
	Intergovernmental Relations; May 22, 2017, reported favorably by
	the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 22, 2017, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to requiring a public employer to give notice to new
	employees of the ability of certain employees to participate in the
	Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subtitle A, Title 6, Government Code, is amended
	by adding Chapter 620 to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 620. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
	Sec. 620.001.  DEFINITION. In this chapter, "public
	employer" means:
	(1)  a county, a municipality, or another political
	subdivision of this state, including a school district; or
	(2)  a board, a commission, an office, a department, or
	another agency in the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of
	state government, including an institution of higher education.
	Sec. 620.002.  NOTICE OF PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS
	PROGRAM. Not later than the 30th day after the date on which an
	employee begins employment with a public employer, the employer
	shall provide written notice to the employee of the ability of
	eligible employees of the employer to participate in the Public
	Service Loan Forgiveness Program administered by the United States
	Department of Education.  A public employer may deliver a written
	notice under this section to an employee by hand delivery, mail,
	e-mail, or other form of electronic communication commonly used by
	the employer to communicate with employees.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
	section, Chapter 620, Government Code, as added by this Act,
	applies to an employee who begins employment on or after the
	effective date of this Act.
	(b)  A public employer, as defined by Section 620.001,
	Government Code, as added by this Act, shall provide the written
	notice described by Section 620.002, Government Code, as added by
	this Act, to an employee employed by the employer on the effective
	date of this Act not later than September 11, 2017.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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