74R9004 SMH-F
          By Gutierrez                                          H.B. No. 2314
          Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2314:
          By Rangel                                         C.S.H.B. No. 2314
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to the election of the members of the board of trustees of
    1-3  South Texas Community College.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Section 130.0311, Education Code, is amended by
    1-6  amending Subsections (c), (m), and (n) and adding Subsection (o) to
    1-7  read as follows:
    1-8        (c)  South Texas Community College is governed by an initial
    1-9  board of trustees composed of seven members appointed by the
   1-10  governor to serve until <the earlier of> August 31, 2000, unless
   1-11  before that <or the> date <that> an election is held at which a
   1-12  majority of the votes cast at the election favor the confirmation
   1-13  of the college.  In that event, as soon as practicable after the
   1-14  confirmation election the members of the initial board of trustees
   1-15  shall draw lots to determine when their terms expire.  The terms of
   1-16  two members expire on the first Saturday in May in the first
   1-17  even-numbered year after the date of the confirmation election, the
   1-18  terms of two members expire on the first Saturday in May in the
   1-19  second even-numbered year after the date of the confirmation
   1-20  election, and the terms of three members expire on the first
   1-21  Saturday in May in the third even-numbered year after the date of
   1-22  the confirmation election.
   1-23        (m)  If South Texas Community College is confirmed as
   1-24  provided by this section, two members of the board of trustees
    2-1  shall be elected on the first Saturday in May in the first
    2-2  even-numbered year after the date of the confirmation election, two
    2-3  members shall be elected on the first Saturday in May in the second
    2-4  even-numbered year after the date of the confirmation election, and
    2-5  three members shall be elected on the first Saturday in May in the
    2-6  third even-numbered year after the date of the confirmation
    2-7  election.
    2-8        (n)  If South Texas Community College is not confirmed in
    2-9  accordance with this section before August 31, 2000, the college is
   2-10  abolished on that date.
   2-11        (o) <(n)>  This section expires January 1, 2001.
   2-12        SECTION 2.  The importance of this legislation and the
   2-13  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   2-14  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   2-15  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   2-16  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
   2-17  and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
   2-18  passage, and it is so enacted.