By: Cortez H.B. No. 4834
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the applicability of certain laws pertaining to energy
  aggregation by political subdivisions.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 12.1058(a), Education Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  An open-enrollment charter school is considered to be:
               (1)  a local government for purposes of Chapter 791,
  Government Code;
               (2)  a local government for purposes of Chapter 2259,
  Government Code, except that an open-enrollment charter school may
  not issue public securities as provided by Section 2259.031(b),
  Government Code;
               (3)  a political subdivision for purposes of Chapter
  172, Local Government Code;
               (4)  a local governmental entity for purposes of
  Subchapter I, Chapter 271, Local Government Code;
               (5)  a political subdivision for purposes of Section
  180.008, Local Government Code;
               (6)  a political subdivision for purposes of Section
  16.061, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, with respect to any
  property purchased, leased, constructed, renovated, or improved
  with state funds under Section 12.128 of this code; [and]
               (7)  a political subdivision for purposes of Section
  11.11, Tax Code; and
               (8)  a political subdivision for purposes of Section
  304.001, Local Government Code.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.