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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to participation in state travel service contracts by |
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open-enrollment charter schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2171.055(f), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(f) An officer or employee of a public junior college, as |
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defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, of an open-enrollment |
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charter school established under Subchapter D, Chapter 12, |
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Education Code, or of a school district who is engaged in official |
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business may participate in the commission's contract for travel |
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services. The commission may charge a participating public junior |
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college, open-enrollment charter school, or school district a fee |
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not to exceed the costs incurred by the commission in providing |
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services under this subsection. The commission shall periodically |
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review fees and shall adjust them as needed to ensure recovery of |
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costs incurred in providing services to public junior colleges, |
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open-enrollment charter schools, and school districts under this |
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subsection. The commission shall deposit the fees collected under |
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this subsection to the credit of the public education travel |
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account. The public education travel account is an account in the |
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general revenue fund that may be appropriated only for the purposes |
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of this chapter. The commission shall adopt rules and make or amend |
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contracts as necessary to administer this subsection. |
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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, 2011. |