78S40032 KEG-D

By:  Madden                                                       H.B. No. 8  



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the appointment of certain officers of the State Board 
of Education.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 7.107(b), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	(b)  At the board's first regular meeting after the election 
and qualification of new members:
		(1)  [,] the board shall organize and [,] adopt rules of 
procedure;[,] and
		(2)  the chair shall, with the advice and consent of the 
governor, appoint [elect by separate votes] a vice chair and a 
secretary.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the 
legislative session.