Bill Text: TX SB425 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a school district's use of public money to pay fees or dues or provide compensation to a nonprofit state association or organization that engages in certain lobbying activities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-14 - Co-author authorized [SB425 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB425-Introduced.html
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By: Paxton | S.B. No. 425 |
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relating to a school district's use of public money to pay fees or | ||
dues or provide compensation to a nonprofit state association or | ||
organization that engages in certain lobbying activities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 45.105, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (c-2) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(c) Local school funds from district taxes, tuition fees of | ||
students not entitled to a free education, other local sources, and | ||
state funds not designated for a specific purpose may be used for | ||
the purposes listed for state and county available funds and for | ||
purchasing appliances and supplies, paying insurance premiums, | ||
paying janitors and other employees, buying school sites, buying, | ||
building, repairing, and renting school buildings, including | ||
acquiring school buildings and sites by leasing through annual | ||
payments with an ultimate option to purchase, and, except as | ||
provided by Subsections [ |
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purposes necessary in the conduct of the public schools determined | ||
by the board of trustees. The accounts and vouchers for county | ||
districts must be approved by the county superintendent. If the | ||
state available school fund in any municipality or district is | ||
sufficient to maintain the schools in any year for at least eight | ||
months and leave a surplus, the surplus may be spent for the | ||
purposes listed in this subsection. | ||
(c-2) Funds described by Subsection (c) may not be used to | ||
pay fees or dues or provide compensation in any manner to a | ||
nonprofit state association or organization that advocates for or | ||
against or otherwise influences or attempts to influence the | ||
outcome of legislation pending before the legislature on the | ||
collective behalf of school boards in this state. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 48.201, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 48.201. PURPOSE. The purpose of the tier two | ||
component of the Foundation School Program is to provide each | ||
school district with the opportunity to provide the basic program | ||
and to supplement that program at a level of its own choice. An | ||
allotment under this subchapter may be used for any legal purpose | ||
other than: | ||
(1) capital outlay or debt service; or | ||
(2) a purpose prohibited by Section 45.105(c-1) or | ||
(c-2) or another provision of this code. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 45.105(c-2), Education Code, as added by | ||
this Act, and Section 48.201, Education Code, as amended by this | ||
Act, apply only to a payment or other compensation made on or after | ||
the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |