82R3869 KKA-D
 
  By: Lucio III, et al. H.B. No. 675
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to football helmet safety requirements in public schools.
         
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is
 
  amended by adding Section 33.094 to read as follows:
         
         Sec. 33.094.  FOOTBALL HELMET SAFETY REQUIREMENTS. (a) A
 
  school district may not use a football helmet that is 16 years old
 
  or older in the district's football program.
         
         (b)  A school district shall ensure that each football helmet
 
  used in the district's football program that is 10 years old or
 
  older is reconditioned at least once every two years.
         
         (c)  A school district shall maintain and make available to
 
  parents of students enrolled in the district documentation
 
  indicating the age of each football helmet used in the district's
 
  football program and the dates on which each helmet is
 
  reconditioned.
         
         (d)  The University Interscholastic League may adopt rules
 
  necessary to implement this section, provided that the rules must
 
  be approved by the commissioner in accordance with Section
 
  33.083(b).
         
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2012-2013
 
  school year.
         
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.