By Reyna of Bexar H.B. No. 2079
77R6809 CAS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to school district policy concerning possession of paging
1-3 devices by students.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 37.082(b), Education Code, is amended to
1-6 read as follows:
1-7 (b) The policy may provide for the district to[:]
1-8 [(1)] dispose of a confiscated paging device in any
1-9 reasonable manner after having provided the student's parent and
1-10 the company whose name and address or telephone number appear on
1-11 the device 30 days' prior notice of its intent to dispose of that
1-12 device. The notice shall include the serial number of the device
1-13 and may be made by telephone, telegraph, or in writing[; and]
1-14 [(2) charge the owner of the device or the student's
1-15 parent an administrative fee not to exceed $15 before it releases
1-16 the device].
1-17 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2001-2002
1-18 school year.
1-19 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-20 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-21 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-22 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-23 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.