By Van de Putte S.B. No. 1705
77R3348 ESH-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the election of school district trustees from
1-3 single-member districts.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Sections 11.052(f) and (g), Education Code, are
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (f) At the first election at which some or all of the
1-8 trustees are elected from trustee districts and after each
1-9 redistricting, all positions on the board shall be filled, unless
1-10 the board of trustees determines the positions should be filled as
1-11 provided by Section 11.053 as the terms of trustees then in office
1-12 expire. If all positions are filled, the [The] trustees then
1-13 elected shall draw lots for staggered terms that comply with [as
1-14 provided by] Section 11.059.
1-15 (g) Not later than the 90th day before the date of the first
1-16 regular school board election at which trustees may officially
1-17 recognize and act on the last preceding federal census, the board
1-18 shall redistrict [redivide] the school district into the
1-19 appropriate number of trustee districts if the census data
1-20 indicates that the population of the most populous trustee district
1-21 exceeds the population of the least populous trustee district by
1-22 more than 10 percent. Redistricting [Redivision] of the school
1-23 district shall be in the manner provided for division of the school
1-24 district under Subsection (d).
2-1 SECTION 2. Section 11.053, Education Code, is amended to
2-2 read as follows:
2-3 Sec. 11.053. [TRANSITION TO SINGLE-MEMBER DISTRICTS:]
2-4 OPTION TO CONTINUE IN OFFICE FOLLOWING ADOPTION OF SINGLE-MEMBER
2-5 PLAN OR REDISTRICTING. (a) The board of trustees of [For] an
2-6 independent school district that adopts a redistricting plan under
2-7 Section 11.052 [providing for five members of the board to be
2-8 elected from single-member trustee districts and two members to be
2-9 elected at large, the board of trustees] may provide [in the plan]
2-10 for the trustees [then] in office when the plan is adopted or the
2-11 school district is redistricted to serve [at large] for the
2-12 remainder of their terms in accordance with this section.
2-13 (b) The trustee district and any at-large positions provided
2-14 by the district's plan shall be filled as the staggered terms of
2-15 [incumbent] trustees then in office expire. Not later than the
2-16 90th day before the date of the first election from trustee
2-17 districts and after each redistricting, the board shall determine
2-18 [by lot] the order in which the positions will be filled.
2-19 [(c) The trustees of a district to which this section
2-20 applies may also provide for members serving at the time of a
2-21 redistricting to serve for the remainder of their terms.]
2-22 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
2-23 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
2-24 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
2-25 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
2-26 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.