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| 1 | 1 | 85R6965 PAM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Isaac H.B. No. 3501 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to authorizing an exemption for open-enrollment charter | |
| 8 | 8 | schools from certain municipal drainage requirements. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 552.053, Local Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and | |
| 12 | 12 | (b-2) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (b) The following may be exempt: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) this state; | |
| 15 | 15 | (2) a county; | |
| 16 | 16 | (3) a municipality; or | |
| 17 | 17 | (4) [a] school districts and open-enrollment charter | |
| 18 | 18 | schools [district]. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b-1) For purposes of an exemption granted under Subsection | |
| 20 | 20 | (b)(4), the exemption must be granted to both school districts and | |
| 21 | 21 | open-enrollment charter schools. | |
| 22 | 22 | (b-2) For purposes of this section, an "open-enrollment | |
| 23 | 23 | charter school" means a school granted a charter under Subchapter D | |
| 24 | 24 | or E, Chapter 12, Education Code. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. An exemption granted to a school district under | |
| 26 | 26 | Section 552.053(b)(4), Local Government Code, as that section | |
| 27 | 27 | existed before the effective date of this Act, automatically | |
| 28 | 28 | extends to all open-enrollment charter schools located in the | |
| 29 | 29 | municipality after the effective date of this Act unless the | |
| 30 | 30 | municipality repeals the exemption before the effective date of | |
| 31 | 31 | this Act. | |
| 32 | 32 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |