85S10259 CAE-F
By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 61
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a transportation allotment credit for school districts
required to take action to reduce wealth per student.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.155, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (m) to read as follows:
(m) A school district that is required to take action under
Chapter 41 to reduce its wealth per student to the equalized wealth
level is entitled to a credit, in the amount of the allotments to
which the district is entitled under this section, against the
total amount required under Section 41.093 for the district to
purchase attendance credits. The commissioner may adopt rules
necessary to implement this subsection.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017, if this
Act 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 to take effect
September 1, 2017, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
last day of the legislative session.