H.B. No. 744
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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 744 was passed by the House on April
23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 2, 2 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 744 was passed by the Senate on May
12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor