78R2220 CAS-D

By:  Uresti                                                       H.B. No. 1352



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to safety equipment provisions in contracts for 
construction, repair, rehabilitation, or alteration of public 
school facilities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 44, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 44.0411 to read as follows:
	Sec. 44.0411.  SAFETY EQUIPMENT PROVISION IN CONTRACTS. (a)  
A school district shall include in each contract for construction 
of a school facility a requirement that the contractor provide and 
install school crossing zone reduced-speed signs with flashing 
lights and any safety equipment required for the facility and 
school campus to comply with law in effect at the time the contract 
is entered into.  If there is more than one contract for 
construction of the facility, the district shall include the 
appropriate safety equipment requirement in each appropriate 
contract.
	(b)  A school district shall include in each contract for  
repair, rehabilitation, or alteration of a school facility a 
requirement that the contractor provide and install any safety 
equipment required by law in effect at the time the contract is 
entered into and needed in connection with the portion of the 
facility on which the repair, rehabilitation, or alteration is 
performed.  If there is more than one contract for repair, 
rehabilitation, or alteration of the facility, the district shall 
include the appropriate safety equipment requirement in each 
appropriate contract.
	SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                      
	(b)  Section 44.0411, Education Code, as added by this Act,  
applies to any contract entered into by a school district for 
construction, repair, rehabilitation, or alteration of a school 
facility on or after September 1, 2003.