82R11114 CAS-D
By: Gutierrez H.B. No. 3018
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a policy of a school district concerning possession of a
paging device by a student.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.082, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to
read as follows:
(b) A [The] policy adopted under Subsection (a) may provide
for the district to[:
[(1)] dispose of a confiscated paging device in any
reasonable manner after having provided the student's parent and
the company whose name and address or telephone number appear on the
device 30 days' prior notice of the district's [its] intent to
dispose of that device unless the device is reclaimed in accordance
with this section before the end of the 30-day period.
(b-1) The notice under Subsection (b):
(1) must [shall] include the serial number of the
paging device;
(2) must include the location at which the device may
be reclaimed;
(3) must state the date by which the device must be
reclaimed;
(4) must state the administrative fee, if any, charged
for reclaiming the device; and
(5) may be made by telephone[, telegraph,] or in
writing, including by e-mailing written notice.
(b-2) A school district may [; and (2)] charge the owner
of the paging device or the student's parent an administrative fee
not to exceed $15 before the district [it] releases the device if
the district has confiscated a device from the student at least two
previous times.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012
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, 2011.