Bill Text: TX HB51 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the posting of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-04 - Referred to Public Education [HB51 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB51-Introduced.html
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By: Flynn | H.B. No. 51 |
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relating to the posting of the Ten Commandments in public school | ||
classrooms. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 11, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 11.172 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 11.172. POSTING OF TEN COMMANDMENTS. The board of | ||
trustees of an independent school district may not prohibit the | ||
posting of a copy of the Ten Commandments in a prominent location in | ||
a district classroom. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 | ||
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, 2013. |