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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to coordination between school districts and other |
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governmental agencies regarding necessary transportation |
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infrastructure improvements associated with real property owned or |
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proposed to be purchased by school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 44, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 44.903 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 44.903. COORDINATION WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES |
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REGARDING NECESSARY TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE |
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IMPROVEMENTS. (a) Before a school district may issue bonds or |
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enter into a contract to construct a facility to be used for any |
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purpose on real property owned by the district on September 1, 2007, |
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the board of trustees of the district must hold a joint meeting with |
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representatives of the Texas Department of Transportation district |
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office for the departmental district in which the school district's |
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central administrative office is located and: |
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(1) the governing body of each municipality in which |
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or in whose extraterritorial jurisdiction any part of the property |
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is located; and |
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(2) the commissioners court of each county in which |
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any part of the property is located. |
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(b) A meeting held under Subsection (a) must address, with |
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respect to each school district facility planned or expected to be |
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constructed on the real property owned or proposed to be purchased |
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by the district: |
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(1) the impact of the facility on traffic and the |
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transportation infrastructure in the area of the facility; |
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(2) the cost of any necessary associated |
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transportation infrastructure improvements; and |
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(3) each entity that will be responsible for paying |
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for any necessary associated transportation infrastructure |
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improvements. |
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(c) A meeting held under Subsection (a) must be an open |
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meeting as provided by Chapter 551, Government Code, except that |
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the meeting may be a closed meeting if: |
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(1) the meeting involves real property the school |
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district proposes to purchase; and |
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(2) the board of trustees would be authorized to |
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conduct a closed meeting under Section 551.072, Government Code, in |
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relation to the purchase of the property. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |