By Madden H.B. No. 3222
77R9378 ESH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to school district applications for assistance under the
1-3 instructional facilities allotment.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 46.003, Education Code, is amended by
1-6 amending Subsection (g) and adding Subsection (h) to read as
1-7 follows:
1-8 (g) To receive state assistance under this subchapter, a
1-9 school district must apply to the commissioner in accordance with
1-10 rules adopted by the commissioner before issuing bonds that will be
1-11 paid with state assistance. For each school year, the rules must
1-12 provide school districts with at least 180 days' notice of the
1-13 deadline by which applications for assistance must be received.
1-14 (h) Until [the] bonds for which a district receives state
1-15 assistance under this subchapter are fully paid or the
1-16 instructional facility is sold:
1-17 (1) a school district is entitled to continue
1-18 receiving state assistance without reapplying to the commissioner;
1-19 and
1-20 (2) the guaranteed level of state and local funds per
1-21 student per cent of tax effort applicable to the bonds may not be
1-22 reduced below the level provided for the year in which the bonds
1-23 were issued.
1-24 SECTION 2. The commissioner of education shall adopt rules
2-1 complying with Section 46.003(g), Education Code, as amended by
2-2 this Act, not later than January 1, 2002. The rules must apply to
2-3 applications for assistance under Subchapter A, Chapter 46,
2-4 Education Code, beginning with applications for assistance for the
2-5 2002-2003 school year.
2-6 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.