By Zbranek H.B. No. 1330 77R2695 ESH-D 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 1-17 Internet service to public school students, teachers, or other 1-18 school personnel shall adopt appropriate methods to: 1-19 (1) verify that each person using the Internet service 1-20 is a public school student, a public school teacher, or another 1-21 public school employee; 1-22 (2) ensure that the Internet service cannot be used to 1-23 gain access to materials, including pornography, that do not have a 1-24 legitimate educational purpose; and 2-1 (3) restrict a person using the Internet service to 2-2 not more than 35 hours of use each week. 2-3 SECTION 2. Section 8.053, Education Code, as amended by this 2-4 Act, applies only to a contract for the provision of Internet 2-5 service by a regional education service center that is entered into 2-6 on or after the effective date of this Act. A contract for the 2-7 provision of Internet service by a regional education service 2-8 center that is entered into before the effective date of this Act 2-9 is governed by the law in effect on the date the contract was 2-10 entered into, and the former law is continued in effect for that 2-11 purpose. 2-12 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 2-13 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 2-14 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 2-15 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-16 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.