Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. Line and page numbers may not match official copy. By: Ellis, Lindsay S.B. No. 696 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to the issuance of bonds under the Higher Education 1-2 Authority Act. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 53, Education Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Section 53.49 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 53.49. BONDS FOR CERTAIN SCHOOLS OWNED AND OPERATED BY 1-7 NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS. (a) In the same manner that a corporation 1-8 may issue bonds under this chapter for an institution of higher 1-9 education, a corporation created under Section 53.35(b) may issue 1-10 bonds to finance or refinance educational facilities to be used by 1-11 a school that: 1-12 (1) is located in a county with a population of more 1-13 than 1,800,000; 1-14 (2) is located within three miles of an area 1-15 designated as an enterprise zone under Chapter 2303, Government 1-16 Code; 1-17 (3) provides primary and secondary education to at 1-18 least 1,000 students; and 1-19 (4) is owned and operated by a corporation created 1-20 under the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et 1-21 seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes). 1-22 (b) Notwithstanding Section 53.34(b), bonds issued under 1-23 this section may be payable from and secured by a pledge of any 170/get 2-1 revenue or assets pledged for that purpose. 2-2 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-3 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-4 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-5 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-7 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-8 passage, and it is so enacted. 170/get