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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the first day of instruction for a school year in |
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certain school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.0811, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a school district that |
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is located wholly or partly within 75 miles of the Gulf of Mexico |
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may begin instruction for students for a school year on or after the |
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second Monday in August. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2009-2010 |
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school year. |
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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, 2009. |