81R19531 JRD-D
By: Rose, Howard of Travis, Maldonado H.B. No. 710
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 710:
By: Allen C.S.H.B. No. 710
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to placing the State Board of Education under periodic
review by the Sunset Advisory Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 7, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 7.114 to read as follows:
Sec. 7.114. SUNSET PROVISION. The State Board of Education
is subject to review under Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas
Sunset Act), but is not abolished under that chapter. The board
shall be reviewed by the Sunset Advisory Commission during the same
periods in which the Texas Education Agency is reviewed by the
commission.
SECTION 2. 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.