Bill Text: TX HB1075 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the frequency of criminal background checks for sports officials registered with the University Interscholastic League.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-01 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB1075 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1075-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1075 |
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relating to the frequency of criminal background checks for sports | ||
officials registered with the University Interscholastic League. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 33.085, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The league may require a sports official, as a condition | ||
of eligibility to officiate a contest sponsored by the league, to: | ||
(1) be registered with the league and comply with the | ||
registration requirements of Subsections [ |
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(c-1); | ||
(2) have completed initial and continuing education | ||
programs regarding league rules; | ||
(3) be a member in good standing of a local chapter or | ||
association of sports officials recognized by the league for that | ||
purpose; and | ||
(4) agree to abide by league rules, including fee | ||
schedules and travel reimbursement guidelines for payment by school | ||
districts or open-enrollment charter schools to a sports official. | ||
(c) In registering with the league, a sports official must | ||
be required to provide directory information required by the league | ||
and undergo an initial [ |
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(c-1) To maintain registration with the league, a sports | ||
official must: | ||
(1) maintain compliance with conditions of | ||
eligibility required by the league under Subsection (b); and | ||
(2) undergo a subsequent criminal background check | ||
once every three years following the date of the initial criminal | ||
background check under Subsection (c). | ||
SECTION 2. (a) Section 33.085, Education Code, as amended | ||
by this Act, applies to each sports official authorized to | ||
officiate a contest sponsored by the University Interscholastic | ||
League, regardless of whether an official initially registered with | ||
the league under that section before the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) The University Interscholastic League shall ensure that | ||
each sports official registered under Section 33.085, Education | ||
Code, before the effective date of this Act undergoes a subsequent | ||
criminal background check not later than September 1, 2020. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1075 was passed by the House on May 6, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 9, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1075 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |