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Enrolled Bill Summary

Enrolled Bill Summary

Legislative Session: 84(R)

Senate Bill 836

Senate Author:  Watson

Effective:  5-29-15

House Sponsor:  Rodriguez, Eddie et al.


            Senate Bill 836 transfers the following from the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired and the Texas School for the Deaf to the Texas Facilities Commission: all remaining powers, duties, functions, programs, and activities of each school relating to the maintenance of the schools' respective physical facilities; any obligations and contracts of each school that are directly related to implementing a transferred power, duty, function, program, or activity; all property and records in the custody of each school that are related to a transferred power, duty, function, program, or activity; and all funds appropriated by the legislature for that power, duty, function, program, or activity.

Senate Bill 836 amends the Education Code and the Government Code to make conforming changes.