| 1 | 1 | | By: Olivo H.B. No. 4673 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the use of discretionary funds raised by public school |
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| 7 | 7 | | campuses. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 44, Education Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended by adding Section 44.908 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 44.908. USE OF CAMPUS DISCRETIONARY FUNDS. (a) In |
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| 12 | 12 | | this section, "campus discretionary funds" means money raised at a |
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| 13 | 13 | | public school campus through vending machines or other sources |
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| 14 | 14 | | specifically associated with the campus. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) Campus discretionary funds may be used only to directly |
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| 16 | 16 | | benefit the general welfare and educational development and morale |
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| 17 | 17 | | of students enrolled at the campus. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (c) For purposes of Subsection (b), professional |
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| 19 | 19 | | development activities are not considered to directly benefit the |
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| 20 | 20 | | general welfare and educational development and morale of students. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 44.908, Education Code, as added by this |
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| 22 | 22 | | Act, applies to any expenditure of campus discretionary funds that |
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| 23 | 23 | | occurs on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of the |
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| 24 | 24 | | date on which the funds were raised. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 26 | 26 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 27 | 27 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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