1-1 By: Armbrister S.B. No. 685 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 1993; March 9, 1993, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 15, 1993, 1-4 reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; 1-5 April 15, 1993, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE 1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent 1-8 Ratliff x 1-9 Haley x 1-10 Barrientos x 1-11 Bivins x 1-12 Harris of Tarrant x 1-13 Luna x 1-14 Montford x 1-15 Shapiro x 1-16 Sibley x 1-17 Turner x 1-18 Zaffirini x 1-19 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-20 AN ACT 1-21 relating to the annexation of certain territory by certain junior 1-22 college districts. 1-23 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-24 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 130, Education Code, is 1-25 amended by adding Section 130.0685 to read as follows: 1-26 Sec. 130.0685. ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN COUNTY TERRITORY BY 1-27 CERTAIN JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS. (a) A junior college district 1-28 that was created by an independent school district and that 1-29 contains part or all of a municipality with a population of 460,000 1-30 or more may annex the territory that is within a county with a 1-31 population of 38,000 or more and that, at its closest point, is not 1-32 less than 50 miles from the corporate limits of the municipality. 1-33 (b) The governing board of the junior college district shall 1-34 order an election to be conducted within the boundaries of the 1-35 district as changed by the proposed annexation. The order for the 1-36 election shall: 1-37 (1) describe the territory to be annexed; and 1-38 (2) set a date for the election, which shall be the 1-39 next uniform election date that is more than 45 days from the date 1-40 of the order. 1-41 (c) The president of the board of trustees shall give notice 1-42 of the election in the manner provided by law for notice by the 1-43 county judge of general elections. 1-44 (d) The governing board of the junior college district shall 1-45 procure the election supplies necessary to conduct the election and 1-46 shall determine the quantity of the various types of supplies to be 1-47 provided for use at each precinct polling place and absentee 1-48 polling place. 1-49 (e) Any qualified voter residing within the boundaries of 1-50 the district as changed by the proposed annexation is entitled to 1-51 vote at the election. 1-52 (f) The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or 1-53 against the proposition: "Annexation of the following territory 1-54 for junior college purposes: ______", with the blank filled in 1-55 with a description of the territory proposed for annexation. 1-56 (g) To be adopted, the measure must receive a favorable vote 1-57 of a majority of those voting on the measure in the existing 1-58 territory of the district and a favorable vote of the majority of 1-59 those voting on the measure in the territory to be annexed. 1-60 (h) If the measure is adopted, the governing board of the 1-61 district shall enter an order declaring the result of the election 1-62 and that the territory is annexed for junior college purposes. If 1-63 the governing board members are elected from single-member 1-64 districts, the order shall also assign the annexed territory to one 1-65 or more single-member districts that are contiguous with the 1-66 annexed territory. 1-67 (i) If the measure is not adopted, another election to annex 1-68 the same territory may not be held earlier than one year after the 2-1 date of the election in which the measure is defeated. 2-2 (j) An annexation does not affect the term of office for 2-3 governing board members serving on election day. 2-4 (k) A junior college district may not annex under this 2-5 section territory that is included within the boundaries of another 2-6 junior college district. 2-7 (l) This section does not apply to a junior college district 2-8 to which Section 130.088 of this code applies. 2-9 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-10 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-11 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-12 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-13 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-14 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-15 passage, and it is so enacted. 2-16 * * * * * 2-17 Austin, 2-18 Texas 2-19 April 15, 1993 2-20 Hon. Bob Bullock 2-21 President of the Senate 2-22 Sir: 2-23 We, your Committee on Education to which was referred S.B. No. 685, 2-24 have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed to 2-25 report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do 2-26 pass and be printed. 2-27 Ratliff, 2-28 Chairman 2-29 * * * * * 2-30 WITNESSES 2-31 No witnesses appeared on S.B. No. 685.