Bill Text: TX HB1170 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the applicability to open-enrollment charter schools of certain laws regarding local governments and political subdivisions.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-19 - Effective immediately [HB1170 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1170-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1170 |
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relating to the applicability to open-enrollment charter schools of | ||
certain laws regarding local governments and political | ||
subdivisions. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 12.1058 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 12.1058. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAWS. (a) An | ||
open-enrollment charter school is considered to be: | ||
(1) a local government for purposes of Chapter 791, | ||
Government Code; | ||
(2) a local government for purposes of Chapter 2259, | ||
Government Code, except that an open-enrollment charter school may | ||
not issue public securities as provided by Section 2259.031(b), | ||
Government Code; | ||
(3) a political subdivision for purposes of Chapter | ||
172, Local Government Code; and | ||
(4) a local governmental entity for purposes of | ||
Subchapter I, Chapter 271, Local Government Code. | ||
(b) An open-enrollment charter school may elect to extend | ||
workers' compensation benefits to employees of the school through | ||
any method available to a political subdivision under Chapter 504, | ||
Labor Code. An open-enrollment charter school that elects to | ||
extend workers' compensation benefits as permitted under this | ||
subsection is considered to be a political subdivision for all | ||
purposes under Chapter 504, Labor Code. An open-enrollment charter | ||
school that self-insures either individually or collectively under | ||
Chapter 504, Labor Code, is considered to be an insurance carrier | ||
for purposes of Subtitle A, Title 5, Labor Code. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or (b), an | ||
open-enrollment charter school operated by a tax exempt entity as | ||
described by Section 12.101(a)(3) is not considered to be a | ||
political subdivision, local government, or local governmental | ||
entity unless the applicable statute specifically states that the | ||
statute applies to an open-enrollment charter school. | ||
SECTION 2. 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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1170 was passed by the House on May 8, | ||
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, 1 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 1170 on May 29, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 2, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1170 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |