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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the date of the election for trustees of an independent |
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school district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.0581(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) An election for trustees of an independent school |
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district shall be held on the same date as[:
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[(1)
the election for the members of the governing body
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of a municipality located in the school district;
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[(2)] the general election for state and county |
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officers[;
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[(3)
the election for the members of the governing body
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of a hospital district, if the school district:
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[(A)
is wholly or partly located in a county with
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a population of less than 40,000 that is adjacent to a county with a
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population of more than three million; and
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[(B)
held its election for trustees jointly with
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the election for the members of the governing body of the hospital
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district before May 2007; or
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[(4)
the election for the members of the governing
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board of a public junior college district in which the school
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district is wholly or partly located]. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 11.059(a) and (e), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A trustee of an independent school district serves a |
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term of [three or] four years. |
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(e) Not later than December 31, 2015 [2011], the board of |
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trustees may adopt a resolution changing the length of the terms of |
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its trustees. The resolution must provide for staggered terms of |
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[either three or] four years and specify the manner in which the |
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transition from the length of the former term to the modified term |
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is made. The transition must begin with the first regular election |
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for trustees that occurs after January 1, 2016 [2012], and a trustee |
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who serves on that date shall serve the remainder of that |
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term. This subsection expires January 1, 2021 [2017]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 11.065(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Sections 11.052(g) and (h) and Section [Sections] |
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11.059(a) [and (b)] do not apply to the board of trustees of a |
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school district if: |
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(1) the district's central administrative office is |
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located in a county with a population of more than two million; and |
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(2) the district's student enrollment is more than |
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125,000 and less than 200,000. |
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SECTION 4. Section 11.059(b), Education Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |