By: Seliger	S.B. No. 810
	(In the Senate - Filed February 26, 2015; March 3, 2015,
	read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
	April 16, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 11,
	Nays 0; April 16, 2015, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the authority of an independent school district to
	contract with a municipality for the design, improvement, or
	construction of an instructional facility, stadium, or other
	athletic facility.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 11.168(a), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) or Section
	45.109(a-1), [or] (a-2), or (a-3), the board of trustees of a school
	district may not enter into an agreement authorizing the use of
	school district employees, property, or resources for the provision
	of materials or labor for the design, construction, or renovation
	of improvements to real property not owned or leased by the
	district.
	SECTION 2.  Section 45.109, Education Code, is amended by
	adding Subsections (a-3) and (e) to read as follows:
	(a-3)  An independent school district and a municipality,
	located wholly or partially in the boundaries of a county in which
	the district is located, may contract for the district to
	contribute district resources to pay a portion of the costs of the
	design, improvement, or construction of an instructional facility,
	stadium, or other athletic facility owned by, on the property of, or
	under the control of the municipality. A district may contribute
	district resources under this subsection only if the district and
	municipality enter into a written agreement authorizing the
	district to use that facility.
	(e)  An agreement entered into before the construction of an
	instructional facility, stadium, or other athletic facility, as
	provided by Subsection (a-1), (a-2), or (a-3) does not violate
	Section 11.169.
	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, 2015.
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