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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to increasing the maximum amount of the administrative fee |
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that may be charged for reclaiming a paging device confiscated by a |
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school district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.082(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The policy may provide for the district to: |
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(1) dispose of a confiscated paging device in any |
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reasonable manner after having provided the student's parent and |
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the company whose name and address or telephone number appear on the |
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device 30 days' prior notice of its intent to dispose of that |
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device. The notice shall include the serial number of the device |
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and may be made by telephone, telegraph, or in writing; and |
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(2) charge the owner of the device or the student's |
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parent a reasonable [an] administrative fee set by the board of |
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trustees not to exceed $75 [$15] before the district [it] releases |
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the device to the student, parent, or other owner. |
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SECTION 2. Section 37.082(b), Education Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies to a paging device released to a student, parent, |
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or other owner on or after the effective date of this Act, |
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regardless of whether the paging device was confiscated by the |
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school district before, on, or after that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |