| 24 | | - | authorized by the district or school that is designated for the sex |
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| 25 | | - | opposite to the student's sex as correctly stated on: |
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| 26 | | - | (1) the student's official birth certificate; or |
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| 27 | | - | (2) if the student's official birth certificate is |
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| 28 | | - | unobtainable, another government record. |
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| 29 | | - | (c) An interscholastic athletic team described by |
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| 30 | | - | Subsection (b) may allow a female student to compete in an |
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| 16 | + | authorized by the district or school that is designated for the |
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| 17 | + | biological sex opposite to the student's biological sex as |
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| 18 | + | correctly stated on: |
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| 19 | + | (1) the student's official birth certificate, as |
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| 20 | + | described by Subsection (c); or |
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| 21 | + | (2) if the student's official birth certificate |
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| 22 | + | described by Subdivision (1) is unobtainable, another government |
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| 23 | + | record. |
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| 24 | + | (b) An interscholastic athletic team described by |
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| 25 | + | Subsection (a) may allow a female student to compete in an |
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| 34 | | - | (d) The league shall conduct a study to determine if |
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| 35 | | - | allowing a student to participate in an interscholastic athletic |
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| 36 | | - | competition that is sponsored or authorized by a school district or |
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| 37 | | - | open-enrollment charter school and is designated for the sex |
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| 38 | | - | opposite to the student's sex: |
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| 39 | | - | (1) causes disruptions among the student's |
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| 40 | | - | interscholastic athletic team; or |
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| 41 | | - | (2) restricts opportunities for students of the sex |
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| 42 | | - | for which the competition is designated. |
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| 43 | | - | (e) Not later than December 1, 2026, the league shall submit |
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| 44 | | - | to the legislature a report on the results of the study conducted |
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| 45 | | - | under Subsection (d) and any recommendations for legislative or |
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| 46 | | - | other action. |
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| 47 | | - | (f) The league shall adopt rules to implement this section, |
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| 48 | | - | provided that the rules must be approved by the commissioner in |
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| 49 | | - | accordance with Section 33.083(b). |
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| 50 | | - | (g) This section expires September 1, 2027. |
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| 29 | + | (c) For purposes of this section, a statement of a student's |
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| 30 | + | biological sex on the student's official birth certificate is |
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| 31 | + | considered to have correctly stated the student's biological sex |
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| 32 | + | only if the statement was: |
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| 33 | + | (1) entered at or near the time of the student's birth; |
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| 34 | + | or |
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| 35 | + | (2) modified to correct a clerical error in the |
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| 36 | + | student's biological sex. |
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| 37 | + | (d) The University Interscholastic League shall adopt rules |
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| 38 | + | to implement this section, provided that the rules must be approved |
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| 39 | + | by the commissioner in accordance with Section 33.083(b). |
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| 51 | 40 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 |
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| 52 | 41 | | school year. |
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| 53 | 42 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 54 | 43 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 55 | 44 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 56 | 45 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 57 | 46 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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