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1	1		By: Kolkhorst, et al. S.B. No. 843
	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed January 17, 2025; February 13, 2025,
	3	+	read first time and referred to Committee on Education K-16;
	4	+	April 16, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
	5	+	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 16, 2025,
	6	+	sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 843 By: Hinojosa of Nueces
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6	13		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	14		AN ACT
8	15		relating to a Texas Education Agency database of school district
9		-	and open-enrollment charter school bonds, taxes, and bond-related
10		-	projects.
	16	+	bonds, taxes, and bond-related projects.
11	17		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	18		SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 45, Education Code, is
13	19		amended by adding Section 45.114 to read as follows:
14	20		Sec. 45.114. BOND, TAX, AND PROJECT DATABASE. (a) In this
15	21		section:
16	22		(1) "Bond" means a bond described by Section 45.001.
17		-	(2) "Charter district" means an open-enrollment
18		-	charter school designated as a charter district under Section
19		-	12.135.
20		-	(3) "Database" means the database established under
	23	+	(2) "Database" means the database established under
21	24		this section.
22		-	(4) "Maintenance tax" means a tax described by Section
	25	+	(3) "Maintenance tax" means a tax described by Section
23	26		45.002.
24	27		(b) The agency shall develop and maintain a database that
25		-	includes current information regarding school district or
26		-	open-enrollment charter school, including charter district, bonds,
	28	+	includes current information regarding school district bonds,
27	29		taxes, and bond-related projects, including:
28	30		(1) for each bond planned, proposed, or issued by a
29	31		school district:
30	32		(A) the language of the ballot proposition under
31	33		Section 45.003(b);
32	34		(B) the projected interest and sinking fund tax
33	35		rate associated with a proposed bond;
34	36		(C) the result of an election held for the
35	37		purpose of issuing a proposed bond;
36	38		(D) a list of the projects to be funded using the
37	39		bond;
38	40		(E) an accounting of the use of the proceeds of
39	41		any issued bond, including descriptions of any projects paid for
40	42		with the proceeds;
41	43		(F) other data related to capital projects, such
42	44		as new or renovated facilities, funded wholly or partly using the
43	45		bond, including data regarding funding sources for the projects,
44	46		project costs, project budget, and project size; and
45	47		(G) any increase in the interest and sinking fund
46	48		tax rate resulting from issued bonds;
47		-	(2) for each bond issued for an open-enrollment
48		-	charter school, including a charter district:
49		-	(A) a list of the projects to be funded using the
50		-	bond; and
51		-	(B) an accounting of the use of the proceeds of
52		-	any issued bond, including descriptions of any projects paid for
53		-	with the proceeds;
54		-	(3) for maintenance taxes that have been levied or
	49	+	(2) for maintenance taxes that have been levied or
55	50		proposed by a school district:
56	51		(A) each school district's proposed or approved
57	52		tax rate; and
58	53		(B) the language of the ballot proposition under
59	54		Section 45.003(d);
60		-	(4) the results of any election held under Section
	55	+	(3) the results of any election held under Section
61	56		26.08, Tax Code, including the ad valorem tax rate proposed by the
62	57		school district for purposes of the election;
63		-	(5) a report generation function to allow the agency
	58	+	(4) a report generation function to allow the agency
64	59		to generate reports of the information described by Subdivisions
65		-	(1), (2), and (3), as applicable, for each school district and
66		-	open-enrollment charter school, including a charter district,
67		-	disaggregated by geographic area; and
68		-	(6) a function that allows for the proposal of updates
	60	+	(1) and (2) for each school district, disaggregated by geographic
	61	+	area; and
	62	+	(5) a function that allows for the proposal of updates
69	63		or corrections to the information included in the database.
70		-	(c) A school district or open-enrollment charter school,
71		-	including a charter district, shall provide the agency with the
72		-	information described by Subsections (b)(1) through (4) and any
	64	+	(c) A school district shall provide the agency with the
	65	+	information described by Subsections (b)(1) through (3) and any
73	66		other information requested by the agency for the purpose of
74	67		maintaining the database established under this section.
75	68		(d) The agency may contract with a third party as necessary
76	69		for the development or maintenance of the database under this
77	70		section.
78	71		(e) The commissioner may adopt rules as necessary to
79	72		implement this section.
80		-	SECTION 2. The Texas Education Agency is required to
81		-	implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature
82		-	appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the
83		-	legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
84		-	purpose, the agency may, but is not required to, implement a
85		-	provision of this Act using other money available for that purpose.
86		-	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
	73	+	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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