By: Schwertner, et al. S.B. No. 204
(Huberty)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the operation of a public school transportation system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 34.007(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A board of county school trustees or a school district
board of trustees may establish and operate an economical public
school transportation system:
(1) in the county or district, as applicable; or
(2) outside the county or district, as applicable, if
students served by the county system or enrolled in the school
district reside outside the county or district, as applicable [the
county or school district enters into an interlocal contract as
provided by Chapter 791, Government Code].
SECTION 2. 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, 2021.