By: Pitts (Senate Sponsor - Birdwell) H.B. No. 592

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2011; May 5, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; May 19, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 19, 2011, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 592 By: Carona

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 250,000 or less;

(2) is adjacent to two counties, each of which has a population of more than 1.7 million, or is adjacent to two counties, each of which has a population of less than 150,000; 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.

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