77R14126 CAS-D                           
         By Zbranek                                            H.B. No. 1330
         Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1330:
         By Hochberg                                       C.S.H.B. No. 1330
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the provision of Internet service by regional education
 1-3     service centers.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 8.053, Education Code, is amended to read
 1-6     as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 8.053.  ADDITIONAL SERVICES. (a)  In addition to the
 1-8     services provided under Section 8.051 and the initiatives
 1-9     implemented under Section 8.052, a regional education service
1-10     center may:
1-11                 (1)  offer any service requested and purchased by any
1-12     school district or campus in the state; and
1-13                 (2)  contract with a public or private entity for
1-14     services under this subchapter, including the provision of
1-15     continuing education courses and programs for educators.
1-16           (b)  A regional education service center that provides home
1-17     Internet service to public school students, teachers, or other
1-18     school personnel shall adopt:
1-19                 (1)  appropriate methods to verify that each subscriber
1-20     to the Internet service is a public school student, a public school
1-21     teacher, or another public school employee; and
1-22                 (2)  rules to ensure that the Internet service provides
1-23     a mechanism to block or filter Internet access to websites
1-24     containing obscene materials.
 2-1           SECTION 2. Section 8.053, Education Code, as amended by this
 2-2     Act, applies only to a contract for the provision of Internet
 2-3     service by a regional education service center that is entered into
 2-4     or renewed on or after the effective date of this Act.  A contract
 2-5     for the provision of Internet service by a regional education
 2-6     service center that is entered into or renewed before the effective
 2-7     date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
 2-8     contract was entered into or renewed, and the former law is
 2-9     continued in effect for that purpose.
2-10           SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a
2-11     vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-12     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-13     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-14     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.