Bill Text: TX SB941 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study regarding school district practices in selecting sites for new school campuses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-08 - Referred to Education [SB941 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB941-Introduced.html
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| By: Watson | S.B. No. 941 | |
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| relating to a study regarding school district practices in | ||
| selecting sites for new school campuses. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 38.028 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 38.028. STUDY OF SCHOOL DISTRICT SITE SELECTION | ||
| PRACTICES. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Phase I environmental site assessment" means an | ||
| assessment that complies with ASTM Standard E1527. | ||
| (2) "Phase II environmental site assessment" means an | ||
| assessment that complies with ASTM Standard E1903. | ||
| (b) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, in | ||
| coordination with the agency, shall conduct a study of school | ||
| district practices regarding selection of sites for new school | ||
| campuses. | ||
| (c) The study must include evaluation of: | ||
| (1) the extent to which school districts conduct Phase | ||
| I or Phase II environmental site assessments; | ||
| (2) for school districts that conduct Phase I or Phase | ||
| II environmental site assessments, the manner in which the | ||
| districts pay the costs of the assessments; | ||
| (3) the point in the selection process at which school | ||
| districts involve members of the public and the manner provided for | ||
| that involvement; and | ||
| (4) the environmental criteria that school districts | ||
| take into consideration in the selection process. | ||
| (d) Not later than December 1, 2012, the Texas Commission on | ||
| Environmental Quality and the agency shall complete the study | ||
| required by this section and submit a report containing the | ||
| findings of the study to the governor, the lieutenant governor, and | ||
| each member of the legislature. | ||
| (e) This section expires January 1, 2013. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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, 2011. | ||
