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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the applicability to open-enrollment charter schools of |
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certain laws regarding local governments and political |
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subdivisions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 12.1058 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 12.1058. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS. (a) An |
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open-enrollment charter school is considered to be: |
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(1) a local government for purposes of Chapter 791, |
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Government Code; |
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(2) a local government for purposes of Chapter 2259, |
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Government Code, except that an open-enrollment charter school may |
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not issue public securities as provided by Section 2259.031(b), |
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Government Code; and |
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(3) a political subdivision for purposes of Chapter |
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172, Local Government Code. |
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(b) An open-enrollment charter school may elect to extend |
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workers' compensation benefits to employees of the school through |
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any method available to a political subdivision under Chapter 504, |
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Labor Code. An open-enrollment charter school that elects to |
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extend workers' compensation benefits as permitted under this |
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subsection is considered to be a political subdivision for all |
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purposes under Chapter 504, Labor Code. An open-enrollment charter |
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school that self-insures either individually or collectively under |
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Chapter 504, Labor Code, is considered to be an insurance carrier |
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for purposes of Subtitle A, Title 5, Labor Code. |
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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, 2015. |