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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the route a school bus takes when transporting a public |
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school student. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 34, Education Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 34.0031 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 34.0031. SCHOOL BUS ROUTES. (a) A school district |
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shall design a route with approved stops to be taken by a school bus |
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transporting a student between the student's residence and school |
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campus. The route designed by the district may not in any manner |
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require a student to cross a highway or roadway between the |
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student's residence and approved bus stop. |
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(b) If during a school year a new student is added to a |
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school bus route, the school district shall update the school bus |
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route as necessary to ensure that the route remains in compliance |
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with Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2015. |