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  By: Thompson of Brazoria (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 1075
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2017;
  May 9, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Education; May 19, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 9, Nays 1; May 19, 2017, sent to printer.)
Click here to see the committee vote
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the frequency of criminal background checks for sports
  officials registered with the University Interscholastic League.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 33.085, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The league may require a sports official, as a condition
  of eligibility to officiate a contest sponsored by the league, to:
               (1)  be registered with the league and comply with the
  registration requirements of Subsections [Subsection] (c) and
  (c-1);
               (2)  have completed initial and continuing education
  programs regarding league rules;
               (3)  be a member in good standing of a local chapter or
  association of sports officials recognized by the league for that
  purpose; and
               (4)  agree to abide by league rules, including fee
  schedules and travel reimbursement guidelines for payment by school
  districts or open-enrollment charter schools to a sports official.
         (c)  In registering with the league, a sports official must
  be required to provide directory information required by the league
  and undergo an initial [submit to a] criminal background check.
         (c-1)  To maintain registration with the league, a sports
  official must:
               (1)  maintain compliance with conditions of
  eligibility required by the league under Subsection (b); and
               (2)  undergo a subsequent criminal background check
  once every three years following the date of the initial criminal
  background check under Subsection (c).
         SECTION 2.  (a) Section 33.085, Education Code, as amended
  by this Act, applies to each sports official authorized to
  officiate a contest sponsored by the University Interscholastic
  League, regardless of whether an official initially registered with
  the league under that section before the effective date of this Act.
         (b)  The University Interscholastic League shall ensure that
  each sports official registered under Section 33.085, Education
  Code, before the effective date of this Act undergoes a subsequent
  criminal background check not later than September 1, 2020.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
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