82R20733 VOO-D
 
  By: Pitts H.B. No. 592
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 592:
 
  By:  Madden C.S.H.B. No. 592
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
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.