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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the board of trustees of the Blinn Junior College |
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District. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 130, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 130.0827 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.0827. ADDITIONAL TRUSTEES FOR BLINN JUNIOR COLLEGE |
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DISTRICT. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, in addition to the |
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members of the board of trustees of the Blinn Junior College |
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District elected or appointed under other provisions of this |
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subchapter, the commissioners court of each county in which a |
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branch campus of the district with a student enrollment greater |
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than 10,000 is located shall appoint two members to serve on the |
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district's board of trustees. |
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(b) Members of the board of trustees appointed under this |
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section serve staggered six-year terms, with the term of one member |
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expiring on February 1 every three years. |
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(b-1) In appointing the initial members under this section, |
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the commissioners court shall designate one of the members to serve |
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a term expiring February 1, 2018, and the other member to serve a |
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term expiring February 1, 2021. This subsection expires January 1, |
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2022. |
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(c) Members of the board of trustees appointed under this |
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section may participate in the decision-making of the board to the |
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same extent as any other member of the board except that members of |
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the board appointed under this section by the commissioners court |
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of a county that is not located in the Blinn Junior College |
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District: |
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(1) may participate in the decision-making of the |
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board only in matters not related to the imposition of a tax or the |
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distribution of revenue raised from a tax; and |
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(2) are counted for purposes of determining whether a |
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quorum of the board is present only for the purpose of Subdivision |
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(1). |
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SECTION 2. The commissioners court of each county to which |
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Section 130.0827, Education Code, as added by this Act, applies |
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shall appoint the initial members of the board of trustees of the |
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Blinn Junior College District under that section not later than |
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December 31, 2015. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |