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AN ACT
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relating to a school district policy for responding to a train |
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derailment near a district school. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "School Rail Safety |
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Act." |
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SECTION 2. Section 37.108, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) A school district shall include in its multihazard |
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emergency operations plan a policy for responding to a train |
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derailment near a district school. A school district is only |
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required to adopt the policy described by this subsection if a |
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district school is located within 1,000 yards of a railroad track, |
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as measured from any point on the school's real property boundary |
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line. The school district may use any available community |
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resources in developing the policy described by this subsection. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1504 passed the Senate on |
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April 19, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1504 passed the House on |
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May 23, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |