87R1497 MM-D
 
  By: Schwertner S.B. No. 204
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the operation of a public school transportation system.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 34.007(a), Education Code, is amended 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
  students served by the county system or enrolled in the school
  district reside outside the county or district, as applicable [the
  county or school district enters into an interlocal contract as
  provided by Chapter 791, Government Code].
         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, 2021.