| 1 | 1 | | 84R9223 CAE-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Smithee H.B. No. 2487 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the authority of an independent school district to |
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| 8 | 8 | | contract with a municipality for the design, improvement, or |
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| 9 | 9 | | construction of an instructional facility, stadium, or other |
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| 10 | 10 | | athletic facility. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 11.168(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 13 | 13 | | read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or Section |
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| 15 | 15 | | 45.109(a-1), [or] (a-2), or (a-3), the board of trustees of a school |
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| 16 | 16 | | district may not enter into an agreement authorizing the use of |
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| 17 | 17 | | school district employees, property, or resources for the provision |
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| 18 | 18 | | of materials or labor for the design, construction, or renovation |
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| 19 | 19 | | of improvements to real property not owned or leased by the |
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| 20 | 20 | | district. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. Section 45.109, Education Code, is amended by |
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| 22 | 22 | | adding Subsections (a-3) and (e) to read as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (a-3) An independent school district and a municipality, |
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| 24 | 24 | | located wholly or partially in the boundaries of a county in which |
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| 25 | 25 | | the district is located, may contract for the district to |
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| 26 | 26 | | contribute district resources to pay a portion of the costs of the |
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| 27 | 27 | | design, improvement, or construction of an instructional facility, |
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| 28 | 28 | | stadium, or other athletic facility owned by, on the property of, or |
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| 29 | 29 | | under the control of the municipality. A district may contribute |
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| 30 | 30 | | district resources under this subsection only if the district and |
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| 31 | 31 | | municipality enter into a written agreement authorizing the |
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| 32 | 32 | | district to use that facility. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (e) An agreement entered into before the construction of an |
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| 34 | 34 | | instructional facility, stadium, or other athletic facility, as |
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| 35 | 35 | | provided by Subsection (a-1), (a-2), or (a-3) does not violate |
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| 36 | 36 | | Section 11.169. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 38 | 38 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 39 | 39 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 40 | 40 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 41 | 41 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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