78S41421 KEL-D

By:  Callegari                                                    H.B. No. 77 


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the annexation of territory by a junior college district. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 130, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 130.074 to read as follows: Sec. 130.074. RESIDENT APPROVAL OF ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY BY ELECTION. Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, and regardless of whether participation in the election is limited to residents of the territory proposed for annexation, a junior college district located in a county that has a population of more than 3.3 million may not annex territory to the district by election unless the annexation is approved by a majority of the residents of the territory proposed for annexation who vote in the election. 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 September 1, 2004.