78R2459 ESH-D

By:  Shapiro                                                      S.B. No. 329



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to public school finance.                                            
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapters 41, 42, 45, and 46, Education Code, are 
repealed.       
	SECTION 2.  An independent school district may not adopt a 
tax rate for the 2005 tax year.  Notwithstanding the repeal by this 
Act of Chapter 45, Education Code, an independent school district 
may, after September 1, 2005, collect and use delinquent ad valorem 
taxes imposed for the 2004 or an earlier tax year.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.