Bill Text: TX SB237 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain athletic competitions sponsored or sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-01-28 - Referred to Education [SB237 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB237-Introduced.html
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By: Perry | S.B. No. 237 |
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relating to certain athletic competitions sponsored or sanctioned | ||
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 33.0832 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 33.0832. UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE: | ||
LIMITATION ON PARTICIPATION IN POSTSEASON COMPETITION. In | ||
designing the format for extracurricular athletic competitions | ||
sponsored or sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League at | ||
the high school level that occur after conclusion of the regular | ||
season and are designed to result in the award of a state | ||
championship, the league may not permit more than two athletic | ||
teams from each league district to participate in the competition. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 | ||
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, 2015. |