Texas Education Code § 41.0931 Disaster Remediation Costs

Sec. 41.0931. DISASTER REMEDIATION COSTS. (a) This section applies only to a district all or part of which is located in an area declared a disaster area by the governor under Chapter 418, Government Code, and that incurs disaster remediation costs as a result of the disaster.

(b) Subject to Subsection (c), for the two-year period following the date of the governor's initial proclamation or executive order declaring a state of disaster, the total amount required to be paid by a district for attendance credits under Section 41.093 is reduced by the amount of any disaster remediation costs that the district pays during that period and does not anticipate recovering through insurance proceeds, federal disaster relief payments, or another similar source of reimbursement.

(b-1) Expired.

(c) To receive a reduction under this section, a district must provide the commissioner with acceptable documentation of disaster remediation costs paid by the district.

(d) The commissioner shall adopt rules necessary to implement this section, including rules defining "disaster remediation costs" for purposes of this section and specifying the type of documentation required under Subsection (c).

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the commissioner may permit a district to use funds available to the district as a result of a reduction under this section to pay the costs of replacing a facility instead of repairing the facility. The commissioner shall ensure that a district that elects to replace a facility does not receive a reduction that exceeds the lesser of:

(1) the amount that would be available to the district if the facility were repaired; or

(2) the amount necessary to replace the facility.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1006 (H.B. 4102), Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 2009.

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