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      Amend CSSB 4 by inserting appropriately numbered sections to
read as follows and by renumbering the sections of the bill
accordingly:
      SECTION ____.  Section 11.059, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
      Sec. 11.059.  TERMS.  (a)  A trustee of an independent school
district serves a term of two <three or four> years.
      (b)  Elections of <for> trustees <with three-year terms>
shall be held annually.  The terms of one-half <one-third> of the
trustees, or as near to one-half <one-third> as possible, expire
each year.
      <(c)  Elections for trustees with four-year terms shall be
held biennially.   The terms of one-half of the trustees, or as
near to one-half as possible, expire every two years.>
      <(d)  A board policy must state the schedule on which
specific terms expire.>
      <(e)  A district in which trustees serve three-year or
four-year terms as of January 1, 1995, continues to elect trustees
under that system.  The board of trustees of a district in which
trustees are elected to two-year or six-year terms shall adopt a
resolution providing for three-year or four-year terms.  After
adoption of the resolution, the board may not alter the length of
the terms served by district trustees.  The transition to
three-year or four-year terms begins with the first regular
election held after September 1, 1995.  Trustees in office on
September 1, 1995, shall serve for the remainder of their terms.
The resolution must specify the manner in which the transition to
staggered three-year or four-year terms is made.  The resolution
may provide for trustees elected during the transition to draw lots
to determine which trustee serves for less than a full term or may
specify which position in an election is for less than a full term.
This subsection expires August 31, 2001.>
      SECTION ____.  In each independent school district, at the
first election of trustees held after January 1, 2000, all
positions on the board shall be filled for two-year terms in
accordance with Section 11.059, Education Code, as amended by this
Act.  The trustees elected at that election shall draw lots for
staggered terms as provided by Section 11.059, Education Code, as
amended by this Act.  The term of each member of the board of
trustees of an independent school district in office on the date of
that election ends when the trustee's successor has qualified for
office.
      SECTION ____.  The amendment to Section 11.059, Education
Code, by this Act takes effect January 1, 2000.