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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to rules and procedures of the University Interscholastic |
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League. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 33.083, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (e) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) The University Interscholastic League is a part of The |
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University of Texas at Austin. The league must adopt its rules in |
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the manner provided by Chapter 2001, Government Code, and must |
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submit its proposed rules and procedures to the commissioner for |
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approval or disapproval. The funds belonging to the University |
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Interscholastic League shall be deposited with The University of |
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Texas at Austin for the benefit of the league and shall be subject |
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to audits by The University of Texas at Austin, The University of |
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Texas System, and the state auditor. Copies of annual audits shall |
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be furnished, on request, to members of the legislature. |
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(e) A challenge by a student of a determination by the |
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University Interscholastic League that the student is ineligible to |
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participate in a league competition is a contested case for |
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purposes of Chapter 2001, Government Code. If the league's |
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determination of the student's ineligibility is based on a |
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violation of a rule relating to the residence of the student's |
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parent, the league has the burden of proof on that issue. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Section 33.083(b), Education Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies to the adoption of a rule by the |
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University Interscholastic League on or after the effective date of |
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this Act, without regard to whether the league began any procedures |
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to adopt the rule before the effective date of this Act. |
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(b) Section 33.083(e), Education Code, as added by this Act, |
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applies only to a University Interscholastic League determination |
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of a student's ineligibility that is made on or after September 1, |
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2007. A University Interscholastic League determination of a |
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student's ineligibility that is made before September 1, 2007, is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the determination is made, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |