85R6148 SRS-D
By: Longoria H.B. No. 933
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a prohibition on the use of certain baseball bats at
University Interscholastic League events.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 33.088 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.088. PROHIBITED USE OF CERTAIN BASEBALL BATS. The
University Interscholastic League shall adopt rules prohibiting
the use of rolled or shaved baseball bats at games sponsored by the
league.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018
school year.
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, 2017.