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."
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