| 1 | 1 | | By: Landgraf H.B. No. 3349 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to assignment by the University Interscholastic League of |
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| 7 | 7 | | schools to districts for purposes of competition. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended by adding Section 33.090 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 33.090. ASSIGNMENT OF SCHOOLS TO DISTRICTS BY |
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| 12 | 12 | | UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE. The University Interscholastic |
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| 13 | 13 | | League may not assign a school that is located in a county with a |
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| 14 | 14 | | population of less than 500,000 to a district for purposes of |
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| 15 | 15 | | competition if placement in that district would require the school |
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| 16 | 16 | | to compete in playoff competition against a school that: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) has more than 2,100 enrolled students; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) is located in a county with a population of 500,000 |
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| 19 | 19 | | or more. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. Section 33.090, Education Code, as added by this |
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| 21 | 21 | | Act, applies beginning with the first University Interscholastic |
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| 22 | 22 | | League reclassification that occurs on or after the effective date |
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| 23 | 23 | | of this Act. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 25 | 25 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 26 | 26 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 28 | 28 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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