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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the applicability of laws regarding school crossing |
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guards to open-enrollment charter schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 12.1058(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) An open-enrollment charter school is considered to be: |
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(1) a local government for purposes of Chapter 791, |
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Government Code; |
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(2) a local government for purposes of Chapter 2259, |
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Government Code, except that an open-enrollment charter school may |
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not issue public securities as provided by Section 2259.031(b), |
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Government Code; |
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(3) a political subdivision for purposes of Chapter |
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172, Local Government Code; |
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(4) a local governmental entity for purposes of |
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Subchapter I, Chapter 271, Local Government Code; |
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(5) a political subdivision for purposes of Section |
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180.008, Local Government Code; |
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(6) a political subdivision for purposes of Section |
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16.061, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, with respect to any |
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property purchased, leased, constructed, renovated, or improved |
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with state funds under Section 12.128 of this code; [and] |
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(7) a political subdivision for purposes of Section |
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11.11, Tax Code; and |
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(8) a local authority for purposes of Subtitle C, |
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Title 7, Transportation Code, only when the school is designating |
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school crossing guards for campuses of the school. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |