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.
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