Bill Text: TX HB744 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the purchase of certain insurance by public school districts.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-23 - Effective immediately [HB744 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB744-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 744 |
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relating to the purchase of certain insurance by public school | ||
districts. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 38.024(a), Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) In compliance with this section, the board of trustees | ||
of a school district may obtain insurance against bodily injuries | ||
sustained by students while training for or engaging in interschool | ||
athletic competition or while engaging in school-sponsored | ||
activities [ |
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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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 744 was passed by the House on April | ||
23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 2, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 744 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |