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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the election of trustees of certain school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.052, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (d) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b-1) Subsection (c) does not apply in the case of an order |
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adopted under this subsection. The board of trustees of an |
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independent school district with the largest student enrollment in |
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a county with a population of 550,000 or more that is adjacent to a |
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county with a population of 3.3 million or more shall order that |
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trustees of the district are to be elected as follows: |
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(1) one trustee elected from the district at large; |
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and |
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(2) the remaining trustees elected from single-member |
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trustee districts, with all single-member trustee districts |
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grouped into two multimember voting districts in which, |
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notwithstanding Subsection (g), residents of each multimember |
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voting district are entitled to cast votes for each trustee |
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district within the multimember voting district. |
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(d) An order of the board adopted under Subsection (a), [or] |
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(b), or (b-1) must be entered not later than the 120th day before |
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the date of the first election at which all or some of the trustees |
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are elected from single-member trustee districts authorized by the |
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order. |
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SECTION 2. The board of trustees of a school district to |
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which Section 11.052(b-1), Education Code, as added by this Act, |
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applies shall adopt an order as required by that section not later |
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than December 31, 2021. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |