81R18034 CAS-F
 
  By: Hochberg H.B. No. 829
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 829:
 
  By:  Aycock C.S.H.B. No. 829
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the right of persons to pursue remedies under certain
  laws instead of appealing to the commissioner of education.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 7.057, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  A person is not required to appeal to the commissioner
  before pursuing a remedy under a law outside of Title 1 or this
  title to which Title 1 or this title makes reference or with which
  Title 1 or this title requires compliance.
         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 September 1, 2009.