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subsection is effective for subsequent elections until rescinded by |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