By: Garcia  S.B. No. 195          (In the Senate - Filed November 14, 2016; January 25, 2017,   read first time and referred to Committee on Education;   May 1, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable Committee   Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 1; May 1, 2017, sent   to printer.)     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 195 By:  Lucio     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to funding under the transportation allotment for public   school students subject to a high risk of violence while walking to   school.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 42.155, Education Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as   follows:          (d)  A district or county may apply for and on approval of the   commissioner receive an additional amount of up to 10 percent of its   regular transportation allotment to be used for:                (1)  the transportation of children living within two   miles of the school they attend who would be subject to hazardous   traffic conditions or a high risk of violence if they walked to   school; or                (2)  programs under which children living in an area   described by Subdivision (1) are escorted by adults as they walk to   school.          (d-1)  For purposes of Subsection (d), each [Each] board of   trustees shall provide to the commissioner an explanation [the   definition] of the hazardous traffic conditions or areas presenting   a high risk of violence applicable to that district and shall   identify the specific hazardous or high-risk areas for which the   allocation is requested. A hazardous traffic condition exists   where no walkway is provided and children must walk along or cross a   freeway or expressway, an underpass, an overpass or a bridge, an   uncontrolled major traffic artery, an industrial or commercial   area, or another comparable condition. An area presents a high risk   of violence if law enforcement records indicate a high incidence of   violent crimes in the area.          SECTION 2.  The commissioner of education is required to   implement this Act only if the legislature appropriates money   specifically for that purpose.  If the legislature does not   appropriate money specifically for that purpose, the commissioner   of education may, but is not required to, implement this Act using   other appropriations available for the purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.     * * * * *