Bill Text: TX HB819 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the functions and duties of the University Interscholastic League.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB819 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB819-Introduced.html
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| By: Gervin-Hawkins | H.B. No. 819 | |
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| relating to the functions and duties of the University | ||
| Interscholastic League. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 33.083, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) The University Interscholastic League is a state agency | ||
| that is part of The University of Texas at Austin and must submit | ||
| its rules and procedures to the commissioner for approval or | ||
| disapproval. The funds belonging to the University Interscholastic | ||
| League shall be deposited with The University of Texas at Austin for | ||
| the benefit of the league and shall be subject to audits by The | ||
| University of Texas at Austin, The University of Texas System, and | ||
| the state auditor. Copies of annual audits shall be furnished, on | ||
| request, to members of the legislature. | ||
| (b-1) The University Interscholastic League: | ||
| (1) creates and administers interscholastic contests, | ||
| including academic, music, and athletic contests, for member | ||
| schools; | ||
| (2) adopts and enforces contest rules; | ||
| (3) creates local committees to assist in the | ||
| administration of interscholastic contests; and | ||
| (4) performs any duty necessary to administer | ||
| interscholastic contests in this state for member schools. | ||
| (b-2) When conducting a meeting, hearing, or other official | ||
| duty, the University Interscholastic League, the league's state | ||
| executive committee, each of the league's district executive | ||
| committees, and any local committee of the league: | ||
| (1) are subject to: | ||
| (A) Chapters 551 and 552, Government Code; and | ||
| (B) Sections 2001.051, 2001.052, and 2001.053, | ||
| Government Code; and | ||
| (2) must comply with Section 26.008(a). | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 33.083(b-2), Education Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies only to a meeting or hearing conducted by a | ||
| district executive committee, the state executive committee, or any | ||
| other committee of the University Interscholastic League commenced | ||
| on or after the effective date of this Act. A meeting or hearing | ||
| commenced before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
| law in effect on the date the meeting or hearing commenced, and that | ||
| law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
