| 1 | 1 | | 81R5957 CAS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Miklos H.B. No. 2648 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to taking into account the cost of fuel in establishing the |
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| 8 | 8 | | transportation allotment for school districts and counties |
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| 9 | 9 | | operating public school transportation systems. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 42.155, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 12 | 12 | | amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to read as |
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| 13 | 13 | | follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (c) Each district or county operating a regular |
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| 15 | 15 | | transportation system is entitled to an allotment based on the |
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| 16 | 16 | | daily cost per regular eligible student of operating and |
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| 17 | 17 | | maintaining the regular transportation system and the linear |
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| 18 | 18 | | density of that system. In determining the cost, [the commissioner |
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| 19 | 19 | | shall give consideration to] factors affecting the actual cost of |
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| 20 | 20 | | providing these transportation services in each district or county |
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| 21 | 21 | | shall be taken into account including, as determined under |
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| 22 | 22 | | Subsection (c-1), any increase in the price of gasoline, diesel, or |
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| 23 | 23 | | other fuel needed for the transportation system. The average |
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| 24 | 24 | | actual cost is to be computed by the commissioner [and included for |
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| 25 | 25 | | consideration by the legislature in the General Appropriations |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act]. The allotment per mile of approved route may not exceed the |
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| 27 | 27 | | amount set by appropriation. |
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| 28 | 28 | | (c-1) For purposes of Subsection (c), in establishing the |
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| 29 | 29 | | allotment per mile of approved route, the cost of gasoline, diesel, |
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| 30 | 30 | | and other fuels shall be biennially adjusted for any increases in |
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| 31 | 31 | | the cost of those fuels as reflected in the Texas consumer price |
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| 32 | 32 | | index, as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United |
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| 33 | 33 | | States Department of Labor, as follows, whichever is greater: |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) the monthly average percentage increase in the |
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| 35 | 35 | | cost of fuel during the 12-month period ending on December 31 of |
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| 36 | 36 | | each even-numbered year; or |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) the highest three-month rolling average |
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| 38 | 38 | | percentage increase during the 12-month period ending on December |
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| 39 | 39 | | 31 of each even-numbered year. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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