Bill Text: TX HB1494 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a prohibition against use of school district resources for a hotel.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-02 - Referred to Public Education [HB1494 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB1494-Introduced.html

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82R6487 CAS-D
By: Ritter H.B. No. 1494

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a prohibition against use of school district resources
for a hotel.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 11.178 to read as follows:
Sec. 11.178. PROHIBITION AGAINST USE OF SCHOOL DISTRICT
RESOURCES FOR HOTEL. (a) In this section, "hotel" means a building
in which members of the public obtain sleeping accommodations for
consideration. The term includes a motel.
(b) The board of trustees of an independent school district
may not impose taxes, issue bonds, use or authorize the use of
school district employees, use or authorize the use of school
district property, money, or other resources, or acquire property
for the design, construction, renovation, or operation of a hotel.
(c) The board of trustees of an independent school district
may not enter into a lease, contract, or other agreement that:
(1) obligates the board to engage in an activity
prohibited by Subsection (b); or
(2) obligates the use of district employees or
resources in a manner prohibited by Subsection (b).
SECTION 2. Section 11.178(c), Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to an agreement concerning the use of school
district resources for a hotel that is entered into on or after the
effective date of this Act. An agreement concerning the use of
school district resources for a hotel that is entered into before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
the date the agreement was entered into, and that law is continued
in effect for that purpose.
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, 2011.