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H.B. No. 1687
AN ACT
relating to fees charged by a juvenile justice alternative
education program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.012, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) Except as otherwise authorized by law, a juvenile
justice alternative education program may not require a student or
the parent or guardian of a student to pay any fee, including an
entrance fee or supply fee, for participating in the program.
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, 2005.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1687 was passed by the House on May 9,
2005, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1687 was passed by the Senate on May
25, 2005, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
_____________________
Governor