84R7899 CAE-D
 
  By: Bonnen of Galveston H.B. No. 1875
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to an allotment under the public school finance system for
  the cost of windstorm and hail insurance.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 42.161 to read as follows:
         Sec. 42.161.  WINDSTORM AND HAIL INSURANCE ALLOTMENT. (a) A
  school district that contracts for windstorm and hail insurance is
  entitled to receive an allotment equal to the total amount required
  to be paid for the insurance, not to exceed an amount specified by
  commissioner rule.
         (b)  The commissioner may provide the allotment under this
  section only if funds are specifically appropriated for that
  purpose or the commissioner determines that the amount appropriated
  for purposes of the Foundation School Program exceeds the amount to
  which school districts are entitled under this chapter and the
  excess funds may be used for that purpose.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.