Bill Text: TX HB265 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the public school finance system.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-07 - Referred to Public Education [HB265 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB265-Introduced.html
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| By: Aycock | H.B. No. 265 | |
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| relating to the public school finance system. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 7, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 7.0551 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 7.0551. DISTRIBUTION OF STATE REVENUE FOR PUBLIC | ||
| EDUCATION. The commissioner shall adopt rules providing for the | ||
| distribution of state revenue for the maintenance and operation of | ||
| public schools and the support of instructional facilities and | ||
| school district debt. For purposes of this section, "state | ||
| revenue" means state financial assistance formerly distributed | ||
| under Chapters 42 and 46, as those chapters existed on January 1, | ||
| 2013. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapters 41, 42, and 46, Education Code, are | ||
| repealed. | ||
| SECTION 3. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this | ||
| section: | ||
| (1) 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; and | ||
| (2) if this Act does not receive the vote necessary for | ||
| immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
| (b) The repeal of Chapters 41, 42, and 46, Education Code, | ||
| by this Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
