85R838 JRJ-F     By: Allen H.B. No. 3119       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to funding sources for the repayment of certain   speech-language pathologist and audiologist education loans.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 61.9818, Education Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 61.9818.  PROGRAM FUNDING. The program may be funded   [solely] from:                (1)  gifts, grants, and donations solicited and   accepted by the board for the purposes of this subchapter; and                (2)  fees collected to cover the costs of administering   programs or activities for speech-language pathologists and   audiologists under Chapter 51, Occupations Code, in excess of the   money required to pay the expenses for the administration of those   programs or activities.          SECTION 2.  Section 51.202, Occupations Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:          (d)  Any money from fees collected by the department under   this chapter to cover the costs of administering programs or   activities for speech-language pathologists and audiologists that   remains after payment of the expenses for the administration of   those programs or activities may be used to fund the loan repayment   program established under Subchapter II, Chapter 61, Education   Code.          SECTION 3.  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 September 1, 2017.