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| 1 | 1 | By: Simmons H.B. No. 50 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to the regulation of discrimination by school districts. | |
| 7 | 7 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 8 | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is | |
| 9 | 9 | amended by adding Section 11.179 to read as follows: | |
| 10 | 10 | Sec. 11.179. CERTAIN DISCRIMINATION POLICIES PROHIBITED. | |
| 11 | 11 | (a) Except in accordance with federal law as enacted by Congress | |
| 12 | 12 | and interpreted in controlling federal case law and state law as | |
| 13 | 13 | enacted by the legislature and interpreted in controlling case law | |
| 14 | 14 | of this state, the board of trustees of a school district may not | |
| 15 | 15 | adopt or enforce a policy or other measure to protect a class of | |
| 16 | 16 | persons from discrimination to the extent that the policy or other | |
| 17 | 17 | measure regulates access to multiple-occupancy restrooms, showers, | |
| 18 | 18 | or changing facilities. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) Subsection (a) may be enforced only through an action | |
| 20 | 20 | instituted by the attorney general for mandamus or injunctive | |
| 21 | 21 | relief. The attorney general may recover costs and attorney's fees | |
| 22 | 22 | related to enforcing Subsection (a). | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 24 | 24 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 25 | 25 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 27 | 27 | Act takes effect 91 days after the last day of the legislative | |
| 28 | 28 | session. |