By: West S.B. No. 688
(In the Senate - Filed February 25, 2003; March 3, 2003,
read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
May 6, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 6, 2003, sent
to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 688 By: West
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.
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