| 1 | 1 | | By: Lucio S.B. No. 1567 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2015; March 23, 2015, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 28, 2015, |
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| 4 | 4 | | reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; |
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| 5 | 5 | | April 28, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to the applicability to open-enrollment charter schools of |
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| 12 | 12 | | certain laws regarding local governments and political |
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| 13 | 13 | | subdivisions. |
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| 14 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, is |
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| 16 | 16 | | amended by adding Section 12.1058 to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 12.1058. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS. (a) An |
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| 18 | 18 | | open-enrollment charter school is considered to be: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) a local government for purposes of Chapter 791, |
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| 20 | 20 | | Government Code; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) a local government for purposes of Chapter 2259, |
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| 22 | 22 | | Government Code, except that an open-enrollment charter school may |
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| 23 | 23 | | not issue public securities as provided by Section 2259.031(b), |
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| 24 | 24 | | Government Code; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (3) a political subdivision for purposes of Chapter |
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| 26 | 26 | | 172, Local Government Code. |
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| 27 | 27 | | (b) An open-enrollment charter school may elect to extend |
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| 28 | 28 | | workers' compensation benefits to employees of the school through |
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| 29 | 29 | | any method available to a political subdivision under Chapter 504, |
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| 30 | 30 | | Labor Code. An open-enrollment charter school that elects to |
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| 31 | 31 | | extend workers' compensation benefits as permitted under this |
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| 32 | 32 | | subsection is considered to be a political subdivision for all |
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| 33 | 33 | | purposes under Chapter 504, Labor Code. An open-enrollment charter |
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| 34 | 34 | | school that self-insures either individually or collectively under |
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| 35 | 35 | | Chapter 504, Labor Code, is considered to be an insurance carrier |
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| 36 | 36 | | for purposes of Subtitle A, Title 5, Labor Code. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 2. 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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| 42 | 42 | | * * * * * |
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