89R13570 KJE-D
 
  By: Hinojosa of Nueces S.B. No. 1636
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to prohibiting a school district from using interest and
  sinking tax revenue to pay for deferred maintenance.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 45, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 45.116 to read as follows:
         Sec. 45.116.  PROHIBITION ON USE OF BOND TAXES FOR DEFERRED
  MAINTENANCE. A school district may not use revenue from the
  district's interest and sinking tax to pay for deferred
  maintenance.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.