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          A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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          AN ACT
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        relating to selection of statewide competition locations by the  | 
      
      
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        University Interscholastic League. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is  | 
      
      
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        amended by adding Section 33.0835 to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Sec. 33.0835.  UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE: SELECTION  | 
      
      
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        OF LOCATIONS FOR STATEWIDE COMPETITIONS.  (a)  The University  | 
      
      
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        Interscholastic League shall select locations for statewide  | 
      
      
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        competitions in extracurricular activities sponsored or sanctioned  | 
      
      
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        by the league in accordance with this section. | 
      
      
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               (b)  For each extracurricular activity for which the  | 
      
      
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        University Interscholastic League sponsors or sanctions a  | 
      
      
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        statewide annual competition, the league shall periodically issue a  | 
      
      
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        statewide request for proposals from institutions of higher  | 
      
      
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        education and other appropriate entities seeking to host the  | 
      
      
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        statewide competition during the year or years specified in the  | 
      
      
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        request for proposals. | 
      
      
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               (c)  A request for proposals must: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  specify the factors that the University  | 
      
      
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        Interscholastic League will consider in selecting the host for the  | 
      
      
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        statewide competition; and | 
      
      
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                     (2)  require an entity to submit relevant information  | 
      
      
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        regarding the capability of the entity to host the competition,  | 
      
      
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        including available facilities, accommodations, and personnel. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  Section 33.0835, Education Code, as added by  | 
      
      
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        this Act, applies only to a statewide competition to be held on or  | 
      
      
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        after September 1, 2018. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |