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.