H.B. No. 1334
AN ACT
relating to the effect of a delay by the State Board for Educator
Certification in renewing an educator's certification.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 21.0031, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) For purposes of this section, a certificate or permit is
not considered to have expired if:
(1) the employee has completed the requirements for
renewal of the certificate or permit;
(2) the employee submitted the request for renewal
prior to the expiration date; and
(3) the date the certificate or permit would have
expired is before the date the State Board for Educator
Certification takes action to approve the renewal of the
certificate or permit.
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, 2011.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1334 was passed by the House on April
7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 2, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1334 on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1334 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays
2.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor