Bill Text: TX SB1981 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to selection of statewide competition locations by the University Interscholastic League.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-18 - Left pending in committee [SB1981 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1981-Engrossed.html
By: Schwertner | S.B. No. 1981 |
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relating to selection of statewide competition locations by the | ||
University Interscholastic League. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 33.0835 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 33.0835. UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE: | ||
SELECTION OF LOCATIONS FOR STATEWIDE COMPETITIONS. (a) The | ||
University Interscholastic League shall select locations for | ||
statewide competitions in extracurricular activities sponsored or | ||
sanctioned by the league in accordance with this section. | ||
(b) For each extracurricular activity for which the | ||
University Interscholastic League sponsors or sanctions a | ||
statewide annual competition, the league shall periodically issue a | ||
statewide request for proposals from institutions of higher | ||
education and other appropriate entities seeking to host the | ||
statewide competition during the year or years specified in the | ||
request for proposals. | ||
(c) A request for proposals must: | ||
(1) specify the factors that the University | ||
Interscholastic League will consider in selecting the host for the | ||
statewide competition; and | ||
(2) require an entity to submit relevant information | ||
regarding the capability of the entity to host the competition, | ||
including available facilities, accommodations, and personnel. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 33.0835, Education Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies only to a statewide competition to be held on or | ||
after September 1, 2018. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |