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	Amend HB 2 where appropriate by inserting the following new 

section, appropriately numbered, and renumbering the subsequent 

sections of Part B, Article 1, accordingly:

	SECTION 1B.__.  Section 46.008, Education Code, is amended to 

read as follows:

	Sec. 46.008.  STANDARDS.  (a) The commissioner shall 

establish standards for adequacy of school facilities.  The 

standards must include requirements related to space, educational 

adequacy, and construction quality.  All new facilities constructed 

after September 1, 1998, must meet the standards to be eligible to 

be financed with state or local tax funds.

	(b)  To be eligible to be financed with state or local tax 

funds, any portable, modular building capable of being relocated 

that is purchased or leased after September 1, 2005, for use as a 

school facility, regardless of whether the building is an 

industrialized building as defined by Section 1202.003, 

Occupations Code, must be inspected as provided by Subchapter E, 

Chapter 1202, Occupations Code, to ensure compliance with the 

mandatory building codes or approved designs, plans, and 

specifications.