Sec. 1233.101. FINANCIAL INCENTIVES AND BONUSES. (a) The committee may authorize financial incentives for a holder of a college savings bond to encourage the enrollment of students at postsecondary educational institutions. The committee shall establish procedures necessary to implement this section.
(b) A bonus payment may be paid under this subsection to the holder of a college savings bond at maturity only if the holder owned the college savings bond for the five years preceding the bond's maturity date.
(c) The bonus payment may be paid to the holder of any college savings bond at maturity in a form that may be applied only to tuition costs at a postsecondary educational institution.
(d) The amount of the bonus payment for each year must be at least equal to four-tenths of one percent of the college savings bond's face amount, applied to each full year from the date of purchase to the earlier of the date of redemption or the date of maturity. Subject to Subsection (e), the committee may increase the amount of the payment at the time the committee authorizes the college savings bond.
(e) The amount of financial incentives provided under this section during a state fiscal biennium may not exceed an amount equal to one-half of one percent of the total amount of college savings bonds maturing during that biennium.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 227, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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