88R793 JES-D
	By: Lopez of Cameron	H.B. No. 2940

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the form of ballot propositions in an election seeking
	voter approval for the issuance of school district bonds.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 45.003(g), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(g)  Notwithstanding Section 1251.052, Government Code, the
	question of whether to approve the issuance of bonds for the
	construction, acquisition, and equipment of school buildings,
	including gymnasiums and field houses, in the district, the
	purchase of new school buses, and the purchase of necessary sites
	for school buildings may be submitted to the voters in a single
	ballot proposition, except that bonds for each of the following
	purposes must be stated in a separate proposition:
	(1)  the construction, acquisition, or equipment of a
	stadium with seating capacity for more than 1,000 spectators;
	(2)  the construction, acquisition, or equipment of a
	natatorium;
	(3)  the construction, acquisition, or equipment of
	another recreational facility other than a gymnasium, field house,
	playground, or play area;
	(4)  the construction, acquisition, or equipment of a
	performing arts facility;
	(5)  the construction, acquisition, or equipment of
	housing for teachers as determined by the district to be necessary
	to have a sufficient number of teachers for the district; and
	(6)  an acquisition or update of technology equipment,
	other than equipment used for school security purposes or
	technology infrastructure integral to the construction of a
	facility.
	SECTION 2.  Section 45.003(g), Education Code, as amended by
	this Act, applies only to an election ordered on or after the
	effective date of this Act.  An election ordered before the
	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
	election was ordered, and the former law is continued in effect for
	that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.