TO: | Honorable Rob Eissler, Chair, House Committee on Public Education |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB2312 by Rose (Relating to guardrails on school district bleachers.), As Introduced |
This bill would require vertical perimeter guardrails on school district bleachers. The bill would require school districts to comply with the requirement for all bleachers acquired or constructed after June 1, 2007. School districts would further be required to bring all bleachers owned as of June 1, 2007, into compliance with the guardrail requirement by January 1, 2008.
The commissioner of education would be provided authority to adopt rules prescribing guardrail standards and to grant a waiver or an extension of the deadline for compliance for bleachers owned by a school district on June 1, 2007. The commissioner would be prohibited from granting an extension or waiver for bleachers acquired or constructed by a school district after June 1, 2007.
This legislation would take effect immediately upon passage with the necessary voting margins or September 1, 2007.
The Texas Education Agency anticipates that additional workload associated with adopting rules and considering requests for waivers and extensions under the bill could be absorbed within existing resources.
Source Agencies: | 701 Central Education Agency
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LBB Staff: | JOB, UP, JSp
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