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  83R13409 JSL-D
 
  By: Lucio III, Bonnen of Galveston, H.B. No. 887
      Villarreal
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 887:
 
  By:  Rodriguez of Bexar C.S.H.B. No. 887
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to full-contact drills by students who are members of a
  high school or middle school football team that participates in
  activities sponsored or sanctioned by the University
  Interscholastic League.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 33.096 to read as follows:
         Sec. 33.096.  LIMITATION ON PARTICIPATION IN FULL-CONTACT
  FOOTBALL TEAM DRILLS.  (a)  In this section:
               (1)  "Full-contact drill" means a drill or live game
  simulation involving contact at game speed in which players execute
  full tackles or blocks at a competitive pace with the intent of
  forcing another player to the ground.
               (2)  "League" means the University Interscholastic
  League.
         (b)  The league shall adopt a rule that prohibits a high
  school or middle school football team that participates in
  activities sponsored or sanctioned by the league from allowing a
  member of the team to participate in more than a total of one hour of
  full-contact drills per week.
         (c)  Subsection (b) does not apply to the following types of
  drills or simulations:
               (1)  a player running without opposition or resistance
  from another person or object;
               (2)  a player running with opposition or resistance
  from a bag, shield, or pad regardless of whether a person is holding
  the bag, shield, or pad; and
               (3)  a player running at full speed against another
  player until the time of contact, as long as the players remain on
  their feet and contact between the players is made above the waist.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014
  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, 2013.