Bill Text: TX HB887 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to safety measures to protect students participating in athletic activities sponsored or sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-09 - Referred to Education [HB887 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB887-Comm_Sub.html

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83R13409 JSL-D
By: Lucio III, Bonnen of Galveston, H.B. No. 887
Villarreal
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 887:
By: Rodriguez of Bexar C.S.H.B. No. 887

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to full-contact drills by students who are members of a
high school or middle school football team that participates in
activities sponsored or sanctioned by the University
Interscholastic League.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 33.096 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.096. LIMITATION ON PARTICIPATION IN FULL-CONTACT
FOOTBALL TEAM DRILLS. (a) In this section:
(1) "Full-contact drill" means a drill or live game
simulation involving contact at game speed in which players execute
full tackles or blocks at a competitive pace with the intent of
forcing another player to the ground.
(2) "League" means the University Interscholastic
League.
(b) The league shall adopt a rule that prohibits a high
school or middle school football team that participates in
activities sponsored or sanctioned by the league from allowing a
member of the team to participate in more than a total of one hour of
full-contact drills per week.
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to the following types of
drills or simulations:
(1) a player running without opposition or resistance
from another person or object;
(2) a player running with opposition or resistance
from a bag, shield, or pad regardless of whether a person is holding
the bag, shield, or pad; and
(3) a player running at full speed against another
player until the time of contact, as long as the players remain on
their feet and contact between the players is made above the waist.
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.