By: Hall, et al. S.B. No. 926
 
  (Middleton)
 
  Substitute the following for S.B. No. 926:  No.
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
 
  relating to the operation of a public school transportation system
  in certain counties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 34.007, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  A board of county school trustees or a school district
  board of trustees may establish and operate an economical public
  school transportation system:
               (1)  in the county or district, as applicable; or
               (2)  outside the county or district, as applicable, if:
                     (A)  the county or school district enters into an
  interlocal contract as provided by Chapter 791, Government Code; or
                     (B)  for a county system or school district
  described by Subsection (a-1), students served by the county system
  or enrolled in the school district reside outside the county or
  district, as applicable.
         (a-1)  Subsection (a)(2)(B) applies only to a county system
  or school district located in a county that:
               (1)  has a population of:
                     (A)  less than 40,000; or 
                     (B)  more than 285,000 and less than 300,000; and
               (2)  is adjacent to a county with a population of more
  than 3.3 million.
         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.