| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2015; March 17, 2015, read |
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| 3 | | - | first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 5, 2015, |
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| 4 | | - | reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the |
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| 5 | | - | following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 5, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 7 | | - | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1216 By: Bettencourt |
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| 10 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 11 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 6 | | relating to providing for the review of certain county departments |
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| 13 | 7 | | of education by the Sunset Advisory Commission. |
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| 14 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 9 | | SECTION 1. (a) The county department of education in a |
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| 16 | 10 | | county with a population of 3.3 million or more according to the |
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| 17 | 11 | | most recent federal decennial census is subject to review under |
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| 18 | 12 | | Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act), as if the |
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| 19 | 13 | | department were a state agency, but the department may not be |
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| 20 | 14 | | abolished under that chapter. The review shall be conducted as if |
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| 21 | 15 | | the department were scheduled to be abolished September 1, 2017. |
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| 22 | 16 | | (b) The review must assess the department's governance, |
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| 23 | 17 | | management, and operating structure, and the department's |
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| 24 | 18 | | compliance with legislative requirements. |
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| 25 | 19 | | (c) The department shall pay the cost incurred by the Sunset |
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| 26 | 20 | | Advisory Commission in performing a review of the department under |
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| 27 | 21 | | this section. The Sunset Advisory Commission shall determine the |
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| 28 | 22 | | cost, and the department shall pay the amount promptly on receipt of |
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| 29 | 23 | | a statement from the Sunset Advisory Commission detailing the cost. |
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| 30 | 24 | | (d) This section of this Act expires September 1, 2019. |
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| 31 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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