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| 1 | 1 | 81R3670 EAH-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Leibowitz H.B. No. 460 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the proximity of a school bus stop to the residence of a | |
| 8 | 8 | sex offender. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Chapter 34, Education Code, is amended by adding | |
| 11 | 11 | Section 34.016 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 34.016. LOCATION OF BUS STOP. (a) When designating the | |
| 13 | 13 | location of a bus stop, a school district shall consider the | |
| 14 | 14 | proximity of the bus stop to the residence of an individual as to | |
| 15 | 15 | whom the district superintendent or a school administrator has | |
| 16 | 16 | received notice under Article 62.054, Code of Criminal Procedure. | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) The district shall attempt to locate each bus stop at | |
| 18 | 18 | least 1,500 feet from the residence of an individual described by | |
| 19 | 19 | Subsection (a), as measured in a straight line from the nearest | |
| 20 | 20 | property line of the residence to the bus stop. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 | |
| 22 | 22 | school year. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 24 | 24 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 25 | 25 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |