Bill Text: TX HB3596 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to public school finance and the allocation of state funds.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-23 - Referred to Public Education [HB3596 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB3596-Introduced.html

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By: Hancock H.B. No. 3596

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to public school finance and the allocation of state
funds.
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. For purposes of this section, "state revenue" means
state financial assistance formerly distributed under Chapter 42,
as it existed on January 1, 2011.
SECTION 2. Chapters 41 and 42, 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repealed.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, 2011.
(b) The repeal of Chapters 41 and 42, Education Code, by
this Act takes effect September 1, 2011.