Bill Text: TX HB3014 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a policy of a school district concerning possession of a telecommunications device by a student.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-18 - Referred to Public Education [HB3014 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3014-Introduced.html
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By: Gutierrez | H.B. No. 3014 |
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relating to a policy of a school district concerning possession of a | ||
telecommunications device by a student. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 37.082, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 37.082. POSSESSION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS [ |
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DEVICES. (a) The board of trustees of a school district may adopt a | ||
policy prohibiting a student from possessing a telecommunications | ||
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school-sponsored or school-related activity on or off school | ||
property. The policy may establish disciplinary measures to be | ||
imposed for violation of the prohibition and may provide for the | ||
district to take possession [ |
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telecommunications [ |
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(b) A [ |
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for the district to[ |
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telecommunications [ |
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student [ |
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student's parent and any [ |
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telephone number appear on the device 30 days' prior notice of the | ||
district's [ |
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is reclaimed in accordance with this section before the end of the | ||
30-day period. | ||
(b-1) The notice under Subsection (b): | ||
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telecommunications device; | ||
(2) must include the location at which the device may | ||
be reclaimed; | ||
(3) must state the date by which the device must be | ||
reclaimed; | ||
(4) must state the administrative fee, if any, charged | ||
for reclaiming the device; and | ||
(5) may be made by telephone[ |
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writing, including by e-mailing written notice. | ||
(b-2) A school district may [ |
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of the telecommunications device or the student's parent an | ||
administrative fee not to exceed $15 before the district [ |
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releases the device. | ||
(c) In this section, "telecommunications [ |
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means a [ |
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purpose of making a phone call or of sending [ |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 3. 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. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |