1-1 By: Wentworth S.J.R. No. 2 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed November 16, 2000; January 11, 2001, 1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Education; 1-4 February 8, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 1-5 7, Nays 0; February 8, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 1-7 proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to 1-8 authorize the board of trustees of an independent school district 1-9 to donate certain surplus district property of historical 1-10 significance in order to preserve the property. 1-11 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-12 SECTION 1. Article VII, Texas Constitution, is amended by 1-13 adding Section 4B to read as follows: 1-14 Sec. 4B. (a) The legislature by general law may authorize 1-15 the board of trustees of an independent school district to donate 1-16 district real property and improvements formerly used as a school 1-17 campus for the purpose of preserving the improvements. 1-18 (b) A law enacted under this section must provide that 1-19 before the board of trustees may make the donation, the board must 1-20 determine that: 1-21 (1) the improvements have historical significance; 1-22 (2) the transfer will further the preservation of the 1-23 improvements; and 1-24 (3) at the time of the transfer, the district does not 1-25 need the real property or improvements for educational purposes. 1-26 SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be 1-27 submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 6, 2001. 1-28 The ballot shall be printed to permit voting for or against the 1-29 proposition: "The constitutional amendment authorizing the 1-30 legislature to authorize the board of trustees of an independent 1-31 school district to donate certain surplus district property of 1-32 historical significance in order to preserve the property." 1-33 * * * * *