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78R7287 ESH-D

By:  Garza                                                        H.B. No. 3370



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the repeal of the school finance system.                          
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Notwithstanding the relative dates of enactment, 
a bill enacted by the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, that 
repeals Chapter 41, 42, 43, 45, or 46, Education Code, is void 
unless:
		(1)  the bill receives a two-thirds record vote in each 
house of the legislature;
		(2)  the bill includes an alternate school finance 
system that eliminates disparities among school districts in the 
amount of taxable valuation of property per student; and
		(3)  the legislature has determined that the alternate 
school finance system enacted under Subdivision (2) of this 
subsection is equitable.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.