SRC-MWN S.B. 1728 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center S.B. 1728 By: Cain Education 4/16/2001 As Filed DIGEST AND PURPOSE Under current law, the state equalizes certain bond payments for a school district under the Instructional Facilities Allotment (IFA) and Existing Debt Allotment (EDA). The local share of the guaranteed yield is required to be paid from certain taxes collected by the district in the year the payment is made. Although the district is authorized to legally use a variety of other local funds for debt payments, those funds cannot count as part of the district's local share. As proposed, S.B. 1728 allows a district to use any or all of certain taxes or monies for its local share of an IFA or EDA. S.B. 1728 also allows a district to use alternative local funds to meet its local share. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 46.003, Education Code, by adding Subsection (h), as follows: (h) Authorizes a school district to use any funds available to the district not specifically prohibited by law as its local share of an allotment under this section but is prohibited from including for this purpose state aid or local tax revenue used to meet the district's local share of any other allotment. SECTION 2. Amends Section 46.032, Education Code, by adding Subsection (c), to make a conforming change. SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 2001.