Bill Text: TX HB961 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the election of junior college district trustees.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Vetoed) 2017-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB961 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB961-Comm_Sub.html

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85R22837 MM-D
By: Rodriguez of Bexar H.B. No. 961
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 961:
By: Lozano C.S.H.B. No. 961

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the election of junior college district trustees by
plurality vote.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 130.082, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (g-1) to read as follows:
(g-1) The board by resolution may provide, not later than
the 180th day before the date of an election, that a candidate must
receive a plurality of the votes cast for a position to be filled at
the election under Subsection (g). A resolution adopted under this
subsection is effective for subsequent elections until rescinded by
a subsequent resolution adopted not later than the 180th day before
the date of the first election to which the rescission applies.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.