By: Armbrister S.B. No. 685
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
1-1 relating to the annexation of certain territory by certain junior
1-2 college districts.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 130, Education Code, is
1-5 amended by adding Section 130.0685 to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 130.0685. ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN COUNTY TERRITORY BY
1-7 CERTAIN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS. (a) A junior college district
1-8 that was created by an independent school district and that
1-9 contains part or all of a municipality with a population of 460,000
1-10 or more may annex the territory that is within a county with a
1-11 population of 38,000 or more and that, at its closest point, is not
1-12 more than 50 miles from the corporate limits of the municipality.
1-13 (b) The governing board of the junior college district shall
1-14 order an election to be conducted within the boundaries of the
1-15 district as changed by the proposed annexation. The order for the
1-16 election shall:
1-17 (1) describe the territory to be annexed; and
1-18 (2) set a date for the election, which shall be the
1-19 next uniform election date that is more than 45 days from the date
1-20 of the order.
1-21 (c) The president of the board of trustees shall give notice
1-22 of the election in the manner provided by law for notice by the
1-23 county judge of general elections.
1-24 (d) The governing board of the junior college district shall
2-1 procure the election supplies necessary to conduct the election and
2-2 shall determine the quantity of the various types of supplies to be
2-3 provided for use at each precinct polling place and absentee
2-4 polling place.
2-5 (e) Any qualified voter residing within the boundaries of
2-6 the district as changed by the proposed annexation is entitled to
2-7 vote at the election.
2-8 (f) The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or
2-9 against the proposition: "Annexation of the following territory
2-10 for junior college purposes: ______", with the blank filled in
2-11 with a description of the territory proposed for annexation.
2-12 (g) To be adopted, the measure must receive a favorable vote
2-13 of a majority of those voting on the measure in the existing
2-14 territory of the district and a favorable vote of the majority of
2-15 those voting on the measure in the territory to be annexed.
2-16 (h) If the measure is adopted, the governing board of the
2-17 district shall enter an order declaring the result of the election
2-18 and that the territory is annexed for junior college purposes. If
2-19 the governing board members are elected from single-member
2-20 districts, the order shall also assign the annexed territory to one
2-21 or more single-member districts that are contiguous with the
2-22 annexed territory.
2-23 (i) If the measure is not adopted, another election to annex
2-24 the same territory may not be held earlier than one year after the
2-25 date of the election in which the measure is defeated.
2-26 (j) An annexation does not affect the term of office for
2-27 governing board members serving on election day.
3-1 (k) A junior college district may not annex under this
3-2 section territory that is included within the boundaries of another
3-3 junior college district.
3-4 (l) This section does not apply to a junior college district
3-5 to which Section 130.088 of this code applies.
3-6 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
3-7 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-8 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-9 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-10 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
3-11 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
3-12 passage, and it is so enacted.