Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

         
            88R14406 MEW-D
         
		By: Mu oz, Jr.
            H.B. No. 5294
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to a proposition for certain school districts to be 
         
            prohibited from imposing an ad valorem tax and to be operated and 
         
            funded in the same manner as an open-enrollment charter school.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Section 11.301, Education Code, is amended by 
         
            amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read 
         
            as follows:
         
                   (a)  Except as otherwise provided by this section, a [A] 
         
            school district or county system operating under former Chapter 17, 
         
            18, 22, 25, 26, 27, or 28 on May 1, 1995, may continue to operate 
         
            under the applicable chapter as that chapter existed on that date 
         
            and under state law generally applicable to school districts that 
         
            does not conflict with that chapter.
         
                   (c)  Notwithstanding any other law, not later than November 
         
            1, 2023, the board of directors of a school district operating under 
         
            former Chapter 26, as that chapter existed on May 1, 1995, shall 
         
            order an election to be held on the first uniform election date that 
         
            allows sufficient time to comply with any requirements of law on the 
         
            question of prohibiting the district from imposing an ad valorem 
         
            tax and providing for the district to be operated and funded in the 
         
            same manner as an open-enrollment charter school under Subchapter 
         
            D, Chapter 12.
         
                   (d)  Notwithstanding any other law, if a majority of the 
         
            registered voters of the school district vote to approve the 
         
            proposition under Subsection (c):
         
                         (1)  the board shall:
         
                               (A)  notify the agency of the approval of the 
         
            proposition; and
         
                               (B)  in coordination and consultation with the 
         
            agency, develop a transition plan approved by the agency to provide 
         
            for the district to be operated and funded in the same manner as an 
         
            open-enrollment charter school under Subchapter D, Chapter 12; and
         
                         (2)  the district may not impose an ad valorem tax for 
         
            any purpose on or after the date on which the election was held.
         
                   SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Education Code 11.301 (Education Code 11)



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a proposition for certain school districts to be
	prohibited from imposing an ad valorem tax and to be operated and
	funded in the same manner as an open-enrollment charter school.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 11.301, Education Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read
	as follows:
	(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a [A]
	school district or county system operating under former Chapter 17,
	18, 22, 25, 26, 27, or 28 on May 1, 1995, may continue to operate
	under the applicable chapter as that chapter existed on that date
	and under state law generally applicable to school districts that
	does not conflict with that chapter.
	(c) Notwithstanding any other law, not later than November
	1, 2023, the board of directors of a school district operating under
	former Chapter 26, as that chapter existed on May 1, 1995, shall
	order an election to be held on the first uniform election date that
	allows sufficient time to comply with any requirements of law on the
	question of prohibiting the district from imposing an ad valorem
	tax and providing for the district to be operated and funded in the
	same manner as an open-enrollment charter school under Subchapter
	D, Chapter 12.
	(d) Notwithstanding any other law, if a majority of the
	registered voters of the school district vote to approve the
	proposition under Subsection (c):
	(1) the board shall:
	(A) notify the agency of the approval of the
	proposition; and
	(B) in coordination and consultation with the
	agency, develop a transition plan approved by the agency to provide
	for the district to be operated and funded in the same manner as an
	open-enrollment charter school under Subchapter D, Chapter 12; and
	(2) the district may not impose an ad valorem tax for
	any purpose on or after the date on which the election was held.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.