SRC-SEW S.B. 501 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 501
77R4094 JSA-DBy: Wentworth
Redistricting
5/7/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Every ten years after the decennial census, Texas' state senate, state
representative, and U.S. congressional districts, as well as smaller
districts such as school board districts, are redistricted to comply with
federal and constitutional provisions.  As proposed, S.B. 501 amends the
composition of some State Board of Education Districts.   

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 7.101(a), Education Code, to provide that each
district from which a State Board of Education (board) member is elected is
composed as provided by former Sections 11.2101(b)-(t), as enacted by
Chapter 2, Acts of the 72nd Legislature, 2nd Called Session, 1991, except
that Matagorda County is transferred from District 2 to District 7, Concho
County is transferred from District 5 to District 15, and Cass County is
transferred from District 8 to District 9. 

SECTION 2.  Provides that the districts established by Section 7.101(a),
Education Code, as amended by this act, apply to the election of the
members of the board beginning with the primary and general elections in
2002  for board members whose terms of office begin January 1, 2003.
Provides that this Act does not affect the membership or districts of the
board for a term of office that begins before January 1, 2003.  Provides
that the change in the board districts made by Section 7.101(a), Education
Code, as amended by this Act, constitutes a decennial reapportionment of
the districts for the purposes of Section 7.104, Education Code. 

SECTION 3.  Effective date:  upon passage or September 1, 2001.