78R8480 JSA-F

By:  Luna                                                         H.B. No. 2574



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to extending the boundaries of a junior college district 
to include territory in the district's service area.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 130, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 130.0661 to read as follows:
	Sec. 130.0661.  EXTENDING BOUNDARIES OF JUNIOR COLLEGE 
DISTRICT IN DISTRICT'S SERVICE AREA.  (a)  The governing body of a 
junior college district may order an election on the question of 
establishing expanded boundaries for the junior college district to 
encompass all or part of the territory located within the 
district's service area established by Subchapter J.
	(b)  The election shall be held in the combined territory of 
the junior college district and any territory proposed to be added.  
The order must:
		(1)  describe the entire territory proposed to be 
included in the new boundaries of the district; and
		(2)  set a date for the election, which must be the next 
uniform election date that is more than 45 days after the date of 
the order.
	(c)  The ballot for the election shall be printed to provide 
for voting for or against the proposition: "Establishing expanded 
boundaries for the ______________ (with the blank filled in with 
the name of the junior college district):_________________ (with 
the blank filled in with a description of the entire territory that 
will be included in the expanded district if the proposition is 
approved)."
	(d)  The proposition is adopted if approved by a majority of 
the votes cast at the election.
	(e)  If the proposition is adopted, the governing body of the 
junior college district shall enter an order stating that the new 
boundaries are established for the district for junior college 
purposes.  If the governing body is elected from single-member 
districts, the governing body shall assign any new territory to one 
or more of those single-member districts and make any other 
appropriate changes to those districts in the order or in a 
subsequent order before the next election for members of the 
governing body.
	(f)  The addition of territory to a junior college district 
under this section and any resulting change in the single-member 
districts from which members of the governing body are elected does 
not affect the term of a member of the governing body serving on the 
date the addition or redistricting takes effect.
	(g)  A junior college district may not adopt new boundaries 
for the district under this section that extend within the service 
area of another junior college district.
	(h)  If the proposition to establish new boundaries for the 
junior college district is not adopted at the election, another 
election to extend the boundaries of the same junior college 
district may not be held under this section earlier than the fifth 
anniversary of the date of the election on the proposition.
	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, 2003.