| 1 | | - | H.B. No. 4611 |
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| 1 | + | By: Huberty (Senate Sponsor - Taylor) H.B. No. 4611 |
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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2019; |
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| 3 | + | May 1, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance; |
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| 4 | + | May 13, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 14, |
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| 5 | + | Nays 0; May 13, 2019, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 4 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 11 | | relating to certain distributions to the available school fund. |
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| 6 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 7 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 43.001(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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| 8 | 14 | | read as follows: |
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| 9 | 15 | | (b) The available school fund, which shall be apportioned |
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| 10 | 16 | | annually to each county according to its scholastic population, |
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| 11 | 17 | | consists of: |
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| 12 | 18 | | (1) the distributions to the fund from the permanent |
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| 13 | 19 | | school fund as provided by Sections [Section] 5(a) and (g), Article |
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| 14 | 20 | | VII, Texas Constitution; |
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| 15 | 21 | | (2) one-fourth of all revenue derived from all state |
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| 16 | 22 | | occupation taxes, exclusive of delinquencies and cost of |
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| 17 | 23 | | collection; |
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| 18 | 24 | | (3) one-fourth of revenue derived from state gasoline |
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| 19 | 25 | | and special fuels excise taxes as provided by law; and |
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| 20 | 26 | | (4) all other appropriations to the available school |
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| 21 | 27 | | fund made by the legislature for public school purposes. |
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| 22 | 28 | | SECTION 2. Section 43.001(d), Education Code, as amended by |
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| 23 | 29 | | Chapters 581 (S.B. 810) and 705 (H.B. 3526), Acts of the 85th |
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| 24 | 30 | | Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is reenacted and amended to |
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| 25 | 31 | | read as follows: |
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| 26 | 32 | | (d) Each biennium the State Board of Education shall set |
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| 27 | 33 | | aside an amount equal to 50 percent of the distribution for that |
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| 28 | 34 | | biennium from the permanent school fund to the available school |
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| 29 | 35 | | fund as provided by Sections [Section] 5(a) and (g), Article VII, |
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| 30 | 36 | | Texas Constitution, to be placed, subject to the General |
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| 31 | 37 | | Appropriations Act, in the state instructional materials and |
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| 32 | 38 | | technology fund established under Section 31.021. |
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| 33 | 39 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020, but only |
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| 34 | 40 | | if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 86th Legislature, |
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| 35 | 41 | | Regular Session, 2019, providing for increased distributions to the |
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| 36 | 42 | | available school fund is approved by the voters. If that proposed |
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| 37 | 43 | | constitutional amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act |
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| 38 | 44 | | has no effect. |
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| 39 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 40 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 41 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 4611 was passed by the House on April |
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| 42 | | - | 25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 126, Nays 1, 2 present, not |
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| 43 | | - | voting. |
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| 44 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 46 | | - | I certify that H.B. No. 4611 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 47 | | - | 19, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 48 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 50 | | - | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 51 | | - | Date |
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| 52 | | - | _____________________ |
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| 53 | | - | Governor |
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| 45 | + | * * * * * |
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