1-1 By: Gallegos S.B. No. 1178 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2001; March 8, 2001, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Education; April 9, 2001, 1-4 reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; 1-5 April 9, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the procedure under the open meetings law in certain 1-9 independent school districts for the appointment of a school 1-10 trustee. 1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-12 SECTION 1. Section 551.074, Government Code, is amended by 1-13 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: 1-14 (c) Subsection (a) does not apply to a deliberation by the 1-15 board of trustees of an independent school district that has an 1-16 enrollment of at least 195,000 students if the board is 1-17 deliberating the appointment of a trustee to fill a vacancy on the 1-18 board of trustees. 1-19 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. The 1-20 change in law made by this Act applies only to a meeting of a 1-21 school district board of trustees that initially convenes on or 1-22 after September 15, 2001. 1-23 * * * * *