By: Murphy, Gervin-Hawkins H.B. No. 4258
        (Senate Sponsor - Campbell)
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2019;
  May 14, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Education; May 17, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 10, Nays 0,
  1 present not voting; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 4258 By:  Watson
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to review and approval by the attorney general of certain
  bonds financing an educational facility for certain charter
  schools.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 53.40, Education Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  The attorney general has sole authority to review the
  record of public notice and hearings relating to any bond financing
  an educational facility for an authorized charter school, and the
  attorney general may issue an approval as required by Section
  147(f), Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
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