Texas House Bill HB744 Senate Committee Report / Bill

                    By: Huberty (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 744
 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2015;
 April 28, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
 Education; May 7, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
 Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 7, 2015, sent to printer.)
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 COMMITTEE VOTE
 YeaNayAbsentPNV
 TaylorofGalvestonX
 LucioX
 BettencourtX
 CampbellX
 GarciaX
 HuffinesX
 KolkhorstX
 RodríguezX
 SeligerX
 TaylorofCollinX
 WestX
 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the purchase of certain insurance by public school
 districts.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 38.024(a), Education Code, is amended to
 read as follows:
 (a)  In compliance with this section, the board of trustees
 of a school district may obtain insurance against bodily injuries
 sustained by students while training for or engaging in interschool
 athletic competition or while engaging in school-sponsored
 activities [on a school campus].
 SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016
 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, 2015.
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