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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain distributions to the available school fund. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.001(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The available school fund, which shall be apportioned |
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annually to each county according to its scholastic population, |
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consists of: |
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(1) the distributions to the fund from the permanent |
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school fund as provided by Sections [Section] 5(a) and (g), Article |
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VII, Texas Constitution; |
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(2) one-fourth of all revenue derived from all state |
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occupation taxes, exclusive of delinquencies and cost of |
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collection; |
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(3) one-fourth of revenue derived from state gasoline |
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and special fuels excise taxes as provided by law; and |
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(4) all other appropriations to the available school |
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fund made by the legislature for public school purposes. |
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SECTION 2. Section 43.001(d), Education Code, as amended by |
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Chapters 581 (S.B. 810) and 705 (H.B. 3526), Acts of the 85th |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is reenacted and amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) Each biennium the State Board of Education shall set |
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aside an amount equal to 50 percent of the distribution for that |
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biennium from the permanent school fund to the available school |
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fund as provided by Sections [Section] 5(a) and (g), Article VII, |
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Texas Constitution, to be placed, subject to the General |
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Appropriations Act, in the state instructional materials and |
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technology fund established under Section 31.021. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2020, but only |
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if the constitutional amendment proposed by the 86th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2019, providing for increased distributions to the |
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available school fund is approved by the voters. If that proposed |
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constitutional amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act |
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has no effect. |