Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

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21 By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 481
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54 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
65 AN ACT
76 relating to the recovery of overallocated state funds by the Texas
87 Education Agency.
98 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
109 SECTION 1. Section 42.258, Education Code, is amended by
11- adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:
12- (a-2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section,
13- the agency may not recover an overallocation of state funds if:
10+ adding Subsections (a-2) and (a-3) to read as follows:
11+ (a-2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section
12+ except as provided by Subsection (a-3), the agency may not recover
13+ an overallocation of state funds if:
1414 (1) the overallocation occurred more than seven years
1515 before the date the overallocation is discovered; and
1616 (2) the overallocation occurred as a result of
1717 statutory changes to this title and related requirements.
18+ (a-3) Subsection (a-2) does not apply to recovery of state
19+ funds allocated to a district under Section 41.0931 or 42.2524 if
20+ the state seeks to recover the funds as a result of the district
21+ receiving reimbursement through insurance proceeds, federal
22+ disaster relief payments, or another similar source of
23+ reimbursement for the costs for which the state funds were
24+ allocated.
1825 SECTION 2. Section 42.258(a-2), Education Code, as added by
1926 this Act, applies to each overallocation of state funds discovered
2027 on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of the date
2128 on which the overallocation of state funds occurred.
2229 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.