H.B. No. 592
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain counties that are not required to operate a
  juvenile justice alternative education program.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 37.011, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:
         (a-2)  For purposes of this section and Section 37.010(a), a
  county with a population greater than 125,000 is considered to be a
  county with a population of 125,000 or less if the county:
               (1)  has a population of 180,000 or less;
               (2)  is adjacent to two counties, each of which has a
  population of more than 1.7 million; and
               (3)  has seven or more school districts located wholly
  within the county's boundaries.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012
  school year.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2011.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 592 was passed by the House on May 3,
  2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 592 on May 23, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, 1
  present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 592 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 21, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays
  2.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor