Bill Text: TX SB779 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the use of scholarship money awarded by the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy to certain fifth-year accounting students.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-01 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB779 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB779-Introduced.html

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88R7078 DIO-D
By: Perry S.B. No. 779

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of scholarship money awarded by the Texas State
Board of Public Accountancy to certain fifth-year accounting
students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 901.656(a), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The board shall determine the maximum amount of any
scholarship awarded under this subchapter. The scholarship may be
spent by the recipient on the expenses for tuition, fees, books,
supplies, and living expenses incurred by the student in connection
with the student's fifth year of an accounting program and for
review courses to prepare the recipient for uniform CPA
examinations described by Section 901.301. Scholarships shall be
made available to eligible students attending:
(1) any institution of higher education; or
(2) any nonprofit independent institution approved by
the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board under Section 61.222,
Education Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.