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| 1 | 1 | By: Hall, et al. S.B. No. 926 | |
| 2 | - | (Middleton) | |
| 3 | - | Substitute the following for S.B. No. 926: No. | |
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| 6 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | - | relating to the operation of a public school transportation system | |
| 9 | - | in certain counties. | |
| 6 | + | relating to the operation of a public school transportation system. | |
| 10 | 7 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | - | SECTION 1. Section 34.007, Education Code, is amended by | |
| 12 | - | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | |
| 13 | - | follows: | |
| 8 | + | SECTION 1. Section 34.007(a), Education Code, is amended to | |
| 9 | + | read as follows: | |
| 14 | 10 | (a) A board of county school trustees or a school district | |
| 15 | 11 | board of trustees may establish and operate an economical public | |
| 16 | 12 | school transportation system: | |
| 17 | 13 | (1) in the county or district, as applicable; or | |
| 18 | - | (2) outside the county or district, as applicable, if: | |
| 19 | - | (A) the county or school district enters into an | |
| 20 | - | interlocal contract as provided by Chapter 791, Government Code; or | |
| 21 | - | (B) for a county system or school district | |
| 22 | - | described by Subsection (a-1), students served by the county system | |
| 23 | - | or enrolled in the school district reside outside the county or | |
| 24 | - | district, as applicable. | |
| 25 | - | (a-1) Subsection (a)(2)(B) applies only to a county system | |
| 26 | - | or school district located in a county that: | |
| 27 | - | (1) has a population of: | |
| 28 | - | (A) less than 40,000; or | |
| 29 | - | (B) more than 285,000 and less than 300,000; and | |
| 30 | - | (2) is adjacent to a county with a population of more | |
| 31 | - | than 3.3 million. | |
| 14 | + | (2) outside the county or district, as applicable, if | |
| 15 | + | students served by the county system or enrolled in the school | |
| 16 | + | district reside outside the county or district, as applicable [the | |
| 17 | + | county or school district enters into an interlocal contract as | |
| 18 | + | provided by Chapter 791, Government Code]. | |
| 32 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 33 | 20 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 34 | 21 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 35 | 22 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 36 | 23 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |