79R4691 SLO-D
By: Uresti H.B. No. 3234
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. 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, 2005.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.