81R3670 EAH-D
By: Leibowitz H.B. No. 460
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the proximity of a school bus stop to the residence of a
sex offender.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 34, Education Code, is amended by adding
Section 34.016 to read as follows:
Sec. 34.016. LOCATION OF BUS STOP. (a) When designating the
location of a bus stop, a school district shall consider the
proximity of the bus stop to the residence of an individual as to
whom the district superintendent or a school administrator has
received notice under Article 62.054, Code of Criminal Procedure.
(b) The district shall attempt to locate each bus stop at
least 1,500 feet from the residence of an individual described by
Subsection (a), as measured in a straight line from the nearest
property line of the residence to the bus stop.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010
school year.
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, 2009.