By: Seliger, et al. S.B. No. 810
(Smithee)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of an independent school district to
contract with a municipality for the design, improvement, or
construction of an instructional facility, stadium, or other
athletic facility.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.168(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or Section
45.109(a-1), [or] (a-2), or (a-3), the board of trustees of a school
district may not enter into an agreement authorizing the use of
school district employees, property, or resources for the provision
of materials or labor for the design, construction, or renovation
of improvements to real property not owned or leased by the
district.
SECTION 2. Section 45.109, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (a-3) and (e) to read as follows:
(a-3) An independent school district and a municipality,
located wholly or partially in the boundaries of a county in which
the district is located, may contract for the district to
contribute district resources to pay a portion of the costs of the
design, improvement, or construction of an instructional facility,
stadium, or other athletic facility owned by, on the property of, or
under the control of the municipality. A district may contribute
district resources under this subsection only if the district and
municipality enter into a written agreement authorizing the
district to use that facility.
(e) An agreement entered into before the construction of an
instructional facility, stadium, or other athletic facility, as
provided by Subsection (a-1), (a-2), or (a-3) does not violate
Section 11.169.
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.