| 1 | 1 | | By: Jackson (Senate Sponsor - Hegar) H.B. No. 398 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 12, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Education; May 20, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 20, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the eligibility of employees convicted of certain |
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| 11 | 11 | | offenses to provide services under a contract with a public school. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 22.0834(o), Education Code, is amended |
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| 14 | 14 | | to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (o) A contracting or subcontracting entity may not permit an |
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| 16 | 16 | | employee to whom Subsection (a) applies to provide services at a |
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| 17 | 17 | | school if the employee has been convicted of a felony or misdemeanor |
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| 18 | 18 | | offense that would prevent a person from being employed [obtaining |
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| 19 | 19 | | certification as an educator] under Section 22.085(a) [21.060]. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. Section 22.0834(o), Education Code, as amended |
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| 21 | 21 | | by this Act, applies to the provision of services at a public school |
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| 22 | 22 | | by an employee of a contracting or subcontracting entity without |
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| 23 | 23 | | regard to whether the contract or subcontract under which the |
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| 24 | 24 | | person is employed was entered into before, on, or after the |
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| 25 | 25 | | effective date of this Act. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 27 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 28 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 29 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 30 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 31 | 31 | | * * * * * |
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