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  89R8102 ANG-F     By: Harris Davila H.B. No. 4481       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the applicability of laws regarding school crossing   guards to open-enrollment charter schools.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 12.1058(a), Education Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (a)  An open-enrollment charter school is considered to be:                (1)  a local government for purposes of Chapter 791,   Government Code;                (2)  a local government for purposes of Chapter 2259,   Government Code, except that an open-enrollment charter school may   not issue public securities as provided by Section 2259.031(b),   Government Code;                (3)  a political subdivision for purposes of Chapter   172, Local Government Code;                (4)  a local governmental entity for purposes of   Subchapter I, Chapter 271, Local Government Code;                (5)  a political subdivision for purposes of Section   180.008, Local Government Code;                (6)  a political subdivision for purposes of Section   16.061, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, with respect to any   property purchased, leased, constructed, renovated, or improved   with state funds under Section 12.128 of this code; [ and ]                (7)  a political subdivision for purposes of Section   11.11, Tax Code ; and                 (8)     a local authority for purposes of Subtitle C,   Title 7, Transportation Code, only when the school is designating   school crossing guards for campuses of the school .          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   school year.          SECTION 3.  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, 2025.