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Floor Packet Page No. 200                                                   



	

Amend HB 2 by adding the following appropriately numbered 

sections to Part B, Article 1, of the bill, and renumbering the 

subsequent sections of Part B, Article 1, accordingly:

	SECTION 1B._.  Subchapter B, Chapter 44, Education Code, is 

amended by adding Sections 44.0411 and 44.0412 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.

	(c)  Any safety equipment or device installed by a contractor 

in compliance with this section must comply with the requirements 

and specifications of the manual adopted under Section 544.001, 

Transportation Code.

	Sec. 44.0412.  NOTICE TO TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OR LOCAL ROAD AUTHORITY REQUIRED.  (a)  In this section, "local road 

authority" means the local governmental entity responsible for the 

construction, repair, and maintenance of a public highway or 

street.

	(b)  Not later than the 15th day after the date that a school 

district approves a plat for construction of a school facility, the 

district shall deliver notice of the pending facility construction 

to:

		(1)  the Texas Department of Transportation, if the 

facility will adjoin a highway or street that is part of the state 

highway system; and

		(2)  the local road authority, if the facility will 

adjoin a highway or street that is not a part of the state highway 

system.

	(c)  The school district shall cooperate with the Texas 

Department of Transportation or local road authority, as 

applicable, to determine the traffic needs associated with the 

proposed school facility.

	(d)  The Texas Department of Transportation or the local road 

authority, as applicable, must approve all devices and safety 

equipment included in a contract for the construction of a school 

facility under Section 44.0411(a).

	Section 1B._.  (a) 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 the effective date of this Act.

	(b) Section 44.0412, Education Code, as added by this Act, 

applies to any contract entered into by a school district for 

construction of a school facility on or after the effective date of 

this Act.