S.B. No. 49         AN ACT   relating to the appointment by certain elected officials of   students to receive a Texas Armed Services Scholarship.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 61.9772(b), Education Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  In each year, the governor and the lieutenant governor   may each appoint two students and two alternates and each state   senator and each state representative may appoint one student and   one alternate to receive an initial scholarship under this   subchapter.  If a student appointed under this subsection to   receive a scholarship fails to initially meet eligibility or   otherwise meet the requirements to initially receive the   scholarship, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board must   notify the alternate on file of their nomination.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 49 passed the Senate on   March 6, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 49 passed the House on   May 24, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 1, two   present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor