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| 1 | 1 | 84R1189 MEW-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Flynn H.B. No. 138 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the posting of the Ten Commandments in public school | |
| 8 | 8 | classrooms. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 11.173 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 11.173. POSTING OF TEN COMMANDMENTS. The board of | |
| 13 | 13 | trustees of an independent school district may not prohibit the | |
| 14 | 14 | posting of a copy of the Ten Commandments in a prominent location in | |
| 15 | 15 | a district classroom. | |
| 16 | 16 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 | |
| 17 | 17 | school year. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 19 | 19 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 20 | 20 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 21 | 21 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 22 | 22 | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |