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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to funding under the transportation allotment for public |
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school students subject to a high risk of violence while walking to |
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school. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.155(d), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) A district or county may apply for and on approval of the |
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commissioner receive an additional amount of up to 10 percent of its |
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regular transportation allotment to be used for the transportation |
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of children living within two miles of the school they attend who |
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would be subject to hazardous traffic conditions or a high risk of |
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violence if they walked to school. Each board of trustees shall |
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provide to the commissioner an explanation [the definition] of the |
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hazardous traffic conditions or areas presenting a high risk of |
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violence applicable to that district and shall identify the |
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specific hazardous or high-risk areas for which the allocation is |
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requested. A hazardous traffic condition exists where no walkway |
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is provided and children must walk along or cross a freeway or |
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expressway, an underpass, an overpass or a bridge, an uncontrolled |
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major traffic artery, an industrial or commercial area, or another |
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comparable condition. An area presents a high risk of violence if |
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law enforcement records indicate a high incidence of violent crimes |
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in the area. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |