By Turner of Coleman H.B. No. 2261
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the testing of natural gas piping systems in private
1-3 school district facilities.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 1(e), Article 6053-2a, Title 102, Revised
1-6 Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
1-7 (e) For purposes of this section:
1-8 (1) The term "supplier" means the individual or
1-9 company selling and delivering the natural gas to a school district
1-10 facility. If more than one individual or company sells and
1-11 delivers natural gas to facilities of a school district, each
1-12 individual or company is a supplier for purposes of this section;
1-13 and
1-14 (2) The term "school district" means:
1-15 (A) An entity created in accordance with the
1-16 laws of the State of Texas and accredited by the Texas Education
1-17 Agency pursuant to the Subchapter D, Chapter 39, Education Code;
1-18 (B) Non-public schools, not including home
1-19 schools, accredited by the Texas Education Agency pursuant to
1-20 Subchapter C, Chapter 132, Education Code; and
1-21 (C) Special education schools identified by the
2-1 Texas Education Agency under Chapter 29, Education Code.
2-2 SECTION 2. This ACT applies to the 1999-2000 school year.
2-3 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.