Bill Text: TX HB592 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to certain counties that are not required to operate a juvenile justice alternative education program.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB592 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB592-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 592

AN ACT
relating to certain counties that are not required to operate a
juvenile justice alternative education program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.011, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:
(a-2) For purposes of this section and Section 37.010(a), a
county with a population greater than 125,000 is considered to be a
county with a population of 125,000 or less if the county:
(1) has a population of 180,000 or less;
(2) is adjacent to two counties, each of which has a
population of more than 1.7 million; and
(3) has seven or more school districts located wholly
within the county's boundaries.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2011-2012
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, 2011.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 592 was passed by the House on May 3,
2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 592 on May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 1
present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 592 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays
2.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor