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By: Villarreal (Senate Sponsor - Davis) |
H.B. No. 3506 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2011; |
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May 9, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Education; May 19, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 19, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of transportation allotment funds by school |
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districts to provide bus passes or cards to certain students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.155, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (l) to read as follows: |
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(l) A school district may, with the funds allotted under |
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this section, provide a bus pass or card for another transportation |
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system to each student who is eligible to use the regular |
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transportation system of the district but for whom the regular |
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transportation system of the district is not a feasible method of |
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providing transportation. The commissioner by rule shall provide |
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procedures for a school district to provide bus passes or cards to |
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students under 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. |
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