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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to full-contact drills by students who are members of a |
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high school or middle school football team that participates in |
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activities sponsored or sanctioned by the University |
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Interscholastic League. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 33.096 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.096. LIMITATION ON PARTICIPATION IN FULL-CONTACT |
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FOOTBALL TEAM DRILLS. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Full-contact drill" means a drill or live game |
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simulation involving contact at game speed in which players execute |
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full tackles or blocks at a competitive pace with the intent of |
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forcing another player to the ground. |
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(2) "League" means the University Interscholastic |
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League. |
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(b) The league shall adopt a rule that prohibits a high |
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school or middle school football team that participates in |
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activities sponsored or sanctioned by the league from allowing a |
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member of the team to participate in more than a total of one hour of |
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full-contact drills per week. |
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(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to the following types of |
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drills or simulations: |
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(1) a player running without opposition or resistance |
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from another person or object; |
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(2) a player running with opposition or resistance |
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from a bag, shield, or pad regardless of whether a person is holding |
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the bag, shield, or pad; and |
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(3) a player running at full speed against another |
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player until the time of contact, as long as the players remain on |
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their feet and contact between the players is made above the waist. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |