By: Cortez H.B. No. 4834       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the applicability of certain laws pertaining to energy   aggregation by political subdivisions.          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 political subdivision for purposes of Section   304.001, Local Government Code.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.