By:  West                                                         S.B. No. 688


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the boards of trustees of certain school districts.               
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 11, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 11.064 to read as follows:
	Sec. 11.064.  APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN DISTRICTS.  
(a)  Sections 11.052(g) and (h) and Sections 11.059(a) and (b) do 
not apply to the board of trustees of a school district if:
		(1)  the district's central administrative office is 
located in a county with a population of more than two million; and
		(2)  the district's student enrollment is more than 
125,000 and less than 200,000.
	(b)  Section 11.053 of this code and Section 141.001, 
Election Code, apply to the board of trustees of a school district 
described by Subsection (a).
	(c)  A trustee of a school district described by Subsection 
(a) may not serve a term that exceeds four years.
	(d)  Notwithstanding Chapter 171, Acts of the 50th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 1947 (Article 2783d, Vernon's Texas 
Civil Statutes), to the extent consistent with this section, the 
board of trustees of a school district described by Subsection (a) 
may adopt rules necessary to govern the term, election, and 
residency requirements of members of the board.
	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.


COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
	Amend S.B. 688 by inserting the following between the word 
"board" and the period on page 1, at line 23:

"that may be adopted under general law by any other school district"   

                                                                      Hochberg