Bill Text: TX HB3134 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the operation of a public school transportation system in certain counties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-10 - Laid on the table subject to call [HB3134 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3134-Comm_Sub.html
By: Middleton | H.B. No. 3134 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3134: | |||
By: Meyer | C.S.H.B. No. 3134 |
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relating to the operation of a public school transportation system | ||
in certain counties. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 34.007, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(a) A board of county school trustees or a school district | ||
board of trustees may establish and operate an economical public | ||
school transportation system: | ||
(1) in the county or district, as applicable; or | ||
(2) outside the county or district, as applicable, if: | ||
(A) the county or school district enters into an | ||
interlocal contract as provided by Chapter 791, Government Code; or | ||
(B) for a county system or school district | ||
described by Subsection (a-1), students served by the county system | ||
or enrolled in the school district reside outside the county or | ||
district, as applicable. | ||
(a-1) Subsection (a)(2)(B) applies only to a county system | ||
or school district located in a county that: | ||
(1) has a population of: | ||
(A) less than 40,000; or | ||
(B) more than 285,000 and less than 300,000; and | ||
(2) is adjacent to a county with a population of more | ||
than 3.3 million. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2019. |