78S50039 SLO-D

By:  Lucio                                                        S.B. No. 643



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to funding for safety or lap belts in public school buses.           
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 34, Education Code, is amended by adding 
Section 34.012 to read as follows:
	Sec. 34.012.  FUNDING FOR SAFETY OR LAP BELTS.  (a)  A person 
may offer to donate safety or lap belts or money for the purchase of 
safety or lap belts for a school district's school buses.
	(b)  The board of trustees of a school district shall 
consider any offer made by a person under Subsection (a).  The board 
of trustees may accept or decline the offer after adequate 
consideration.
	(c)  The board of trustees may acknowledge a person who 
donates safety or lap belts or money for the purchase of safety or 
lap belts for a school bus under this section by displaying a small, 
discreet sign on the side or back of the bus recognizing the person 
who made the donation.  The sign may not serve as an advertisement 
for the person who made the donation.
	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 on the 91st day after the last day of the 
legislative session.