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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to information regarding unfunded state educational |
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mandates imposed on a school district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 11, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 11.004 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.004. INFORMATION REGARDING UNFUNDED STATE |
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EDUCATIONAL MANDATES. (a) In this section, "state educational |
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mandate" means a statutory provision the implementation of which |
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requires an expenditure by a school district that would not have |
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been required in the absence of the statutory provision or a rule |
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adopted under that provision. |
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(b) As soon as possible after a regular or special session |
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of the legislature ends, the commissioner shall prepare and submit |
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to the Legislative Budget Board a list of all state educational |
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mandates. Not later than the 30th day after receipt of the list, |
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the Legislative Budget Board shall determine for each mandate: |
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(1) whether the mandate requires more than a minimal |
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expenditure; and |
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(2) if the mandate requires more than a minimal |
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expenditure, whether the legislature has appropriated money |
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estimated to be sufficient to meet the expenditure required by the |
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mandate at the time the mandate is effective. |
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(c) Promptly after each review of state educational |
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mandates required by Subsection (b), the agency and the Legislative |
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Budget Board shall: |
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(1) post on the Internet websites maintained by the |
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agency and board a list of each state educational mandate that |
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requires more than a minimal expenditure and for which the |
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legislature did not appropriate sufficient money to meet the |
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required expenditure; and |
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(2) notify each member of the legislature that the |
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information described in Subdivision (1) is available on the |
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Internet websites. |
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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, 2013. |