Bill Text: TX SB795 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the transfer of the University Interscholastic League from The University of Texas at Austin to the Texas Education Agency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-01 - Referred to Education [SB795 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB795-Introduced.html
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By: Middleton | S.B. No. 795 |
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relating to the transfer of the University Interscholastic League | ||
from The University of Texas at Austin to the Texas Education | ||
Agency. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 33.083(b), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The University Interscholastic League is a part of the | ||
agency [ |
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and procedures to the commissioner for approval or disapproval. | ||
The funds belonging to the University Interscholastic League shall | ||
be deposited with the agency [ |
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the benefit of the league and shall be subject to audits by [ |
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the state auditor. Copies of annual audits shall be furnished, on | ||
request, to members of the legislature. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 67.26, Education Code, is transferred to | ||
Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, and redesignated as | ||
Section 33.0835, Education Code, to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 33.0835 [ |
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VENUE FOR SUITS. Venue for suits brought against the University | ||
Interscholastic League or for suits involving the interpretation or | ||
enforcement of the rules or regulations of the University | ||
Interscholastic League shall be in Travis County, Texas. When the | ||
litigation involves a school district located within Travis County, | ||
it shall be heard by a visiting judge. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) On September 1, 2023, the University | ||
Interscholastic League is transferred from The University of Texas | ||
at Austin to the Texas Education Agency in accordance with this Act. | ||
(b) All forms, rules, and procedures of the University | ||
Interscholastic League that relate to extracurricular activities | ||
in public schools and that are in effect on September 1, 2023, | ||
continue in effect. Any proceeding pending on the effective date of | ||
this Act is continued without change in status after the effective | ||
date of this Act. | ||
(c) All records of the University Interscholastic League | ||
relating to extracurricular activities in public schools are | ||
transferred from The University of Texas at Austin to the Texas | ||
Education Agency. Other assets of the league shall also be | ||
transferred to the agency unless the asset was acquired at the | ||
expense of The University of Texas at Austin, in which case the | ||
asset shall be transferred to the university. | ||
(d) An employee working for the University Interscholastic | ||
League at The University of Texas at Austin becomes an employee of | ||
the University Interscholastic League at the Texas Education | ||
Agency. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |