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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to closing state schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 533.083, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 533.083. [CRITERIA FOR] EXPANSION, CLOSURE, OR |
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CONSOLIDATION OF FACILITY. (a) The department shall establish |
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objective criteria for determining when a new facility may be |
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needed and when a facility may be expanded, closed, or |
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consolidated. |
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(b) If the executive commissioner of the Health and Human |
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Services Commission determines that temporarily or permanently |
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closing a state school would result in a more efficient use of state |
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money or other resources, the executive commissioner may close that |
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state school. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |