2015S0168-1 02/05/15
By: Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 750
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an allotment under the public school finance system for
the cost of windstorm and hail insurance.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 42.161 to read as follows:
Sec. 42.161. WINDSTORM AND HAIL INSURANCE ALLOTMENT.
(a) A school district that contracts for windstorm and hail
insurance is entitled to receive an allotment equal to the total
amount required to be paid for the insurance, not to exceed an
amount specified by commissioner rule.
(b) The commissioner may provide the allotment under this
section only if funds are specifically appropriated for that
purpose or the commissioner determines that the amount appropriated
for purposes of the Foundation School Program exceeds the amount to
which school districts are entitled under this chapter and the
excess funds may be used for that purpose.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.