By:  Ogden                                            S.B. No. 1513
         Line and page numbers may not match official copy.
         Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E.
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
                                       AN ACT
 1-1     relating to the eligibility of a private school for benefits under
 1-2     the Texas Infrastructure Fund.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Utilities Code, is amended by
 1-5     adding Section 57.0421 to read as follows:
 1-6     Sec. 57.0421.  Private Schools
 1-7           In this subchapter:
 1-8           (a)  "Private school" means a school that:
 1-9                 (1)  offers a course of instruction for students in one
1-10     or more grades from prekindergarten through grade 12; and
1-11                 (2)  is not operated by a governmental entity.
1-12           (b)  Wherever in this subchapter the term "school district"
1-13     or "public school" appear the term includes private school.
1-14           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-15           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-16     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-17     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-18     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-19     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.