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.