Bill Text: TX HB1850 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-25 - Left pending in committee [HB1850 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1850-Introduced.html
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By: Paddie | H.B. No. 1850 |
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relating to the continuation and functions of the Prepaid Higher | ||
Education Tuition Board. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 54.603, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 54.603. SUNSET PROVISION. The Prepaid Higher | ||
Education Tuition Board is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code | ||
(Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by | ||
that chapter, the board is abolished and the programs established | ||
under this subchapter and under Subchapters G and H terminate | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 54.610, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as | ||
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the board or the Texas Ethics Commission. | ||
(d) The executive director of the board shall create a | ||
training manual that includes the information required by | ||
Subsection (b). The executive director shall distribute a copy of | ||
the training manual annually to each board member. Each board | ||
member shall sign and submit to the executive director a statement | ||
acknowledging that the member received and has reviewed the | ||
training manual. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 54.617(e), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(e) The board shall periodically notify the complaint | ||
parties of the status of the complaint until final disposition | ||
unless the notice would jeopardize an investigation. | ||
SECTION 4. Subchapter F, Chapter 54, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 54.6181 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 54.6181. ADVISORY COMMITTEES. (a) The board by rule | ||
may establish advisory committees as determined necessary by the | ||
board. | ||
(b) Chapter 2110, Government Code, does not apply to an | ||
advisory committee created by the board. | ||
SECTION 5. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of | ||
this section, Section 54.610, Education Code, as amended by this | ||
Act, applies to a member of the Prepaid Higher Education Tuition | ||
Board appointed before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) A member of the Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board | ||
who, before the effective date of this Act, completed the training | ||
program required by Section 54.610, Education Code, as that law | ||
existed before the effective date of this Act, is only required to | ||
complete additional training on the subjects added by this Act to | ||
the training program required by Section 54.610, Education Code. A | ||
board member described by this subsection may not vote, deliberate, | ||
or be counted as a member in attendance at a meeting of the board | ||
held on or after December 1, 2021, until the member completes the | ||
additional training. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |