By Ehrhardt                                           H.B. No. 2459
         77R6879 JSA-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the composition of the governing board of certain
 1-3     community college districts.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 130.040, Education Code, is amended to
 1-6     read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 130.040.  BOARD OF TRUSTEES:  UNION, COUNTY, OR
 1-8     JOINT-COUNTY JUNIOR COLLEGE. A union junior college, a county
 1-9     junior college, or a joint-county junior college shall be governed,
1-10     administered, and controlled by and under the direction of a board
1-11     of trustees of seven members unless the number of members is
1-12     increased as authorized by Section 130.082(d).
1-13           SECTION 2. Sections 130.0821(b), (c), and (e), Education
1-14     Code, are amended to read as follows:
1-15           (b)  The board of trustees shall divide the district into the
1-16     appropriate number of [seven] compact trustee districts which
1-17     contain as nearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants
1-18     according to the last preceding federal census.  Residents of each
1-19     trustee district shall be entitled to elect one member of the
1-20     board, and each candidate seeking to represent a trustee district
1-21     must reside in the trustee district he seeks to represent.
1-22     Trustees shall, during their term of office, reside within the
1-23     trustee district from which they were elected.
1-24           (c)  Members of the board of trustees of the district shall
 2-1     serve for staggered terms of six years with the terms of one-third
 2-2     of the [two or three] members, as nearly as may be, expiring in
 2-3     each even-numbered year [years].
 2-4           (e)  Within 90 days following the publication of census tract
 2-5     data compiled during each subsequent decennial federal census, the
 2-6     board of trustees shall redivide the district into the appropriate
 2-7     number of [seven] trustee districts if such census data indicates
 2-8     that the population of the most populous trustee district exceeds
 2-9     the population of the least populous district by more than 10
2-10     percent.  Within 90 days following the effective date of an order
2-11     or resolution of the board of trustees to increase the number of
2-12     board members, the board of trustees shall redivide the district
2-13     into the appropriate number of trustee districts as increased.  At
2-14     the next district election following the redivision of the district
2-15     under this subsection, each trustee district shall elect a member
2-16     of the board, and the members elected shall draw lots for the
2-17     appropriate number of [two] two-year [terms], [two] four-year
2-18     [terms], and [three] six-year terms as needed to establish
2-19     staggered terms as required by Subsection (c).
2-20           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-21     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-22     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
2-23     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-24     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.