By:  Gallegos                                                     S.B. No. 1851


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the annexation by certain junior college districts of 
remaining territory in a political subdivision.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 130.071, Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:  
	Sec. 130.071.  ANNEXATION OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION [CITY] 
TERRITORY BY CERTAIN DISTRICTS.
	(a)  A junior college district that is located within part of 
a school district, city, town, or village may annex [the] territory 
included within the school district, city, town, or village in 
accordance with this section.
	(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (k) of this section, 
the governing board of the junior college district shall order an 
election to be conducted within the boundaries of the district as 
changed by the proposed annexation.  The order for the election 
shall:
		(1)  describe the territory to be annexed; and                                
		(2)  set a date for the election, which shall be the 
next uniform election date that is more than 45 days from the date 
of the order.
	(c)  The president of the board of trustees shall give notice 
of the election in the manner provided by law for notice by the 
county judge of general elections.
	(d)  The governing board of the junior college district shall 
procure the election supplies necessary to conduct the election and 
shall determine the quantity of the various types of supplies to be 
provided for use at each precinct polling place and early voting 
polling place.
	(e)  Any qualified voter residing within the boundaries of 
the district as changed by the proposed annexation is entitled to 
vote at the election.
	(f)  The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or 
against the proposition:  "Annexation of the following territory 
for junior college purposes:  __________", with the blank filled in 
with a description of the territory proposed for annexation.
	(g)  To be adopted, the measure must receive a favorable vote 
of a majority of those voting on the measure.
	(h)  If the measure is adopted, the governing board of the 
district shall enter an order declaring the result of the election 
and that the territory is annexed for junior college purposes.  If 
the governing board members are elected from single-member 
districts, the order shall also assign the annexed territory to one 
or more single-member districts that are contiguous with the 
annexed territory.
	(i)  If the measure is not adopted, another election to annex 
the same territory may not be held earlier than one year after the 
date of the election in which the measure is defeated.
	(j)  An annexation does not affect the term of office for 
governing board members serving on election day.
	(k)  If the junior college district annexes under this 
section territory comprising all of a school district, city, town, 
or village, the governing board by order may annex for junior 
college purposes any territory later annexed by the school 
district, city, town, or village.
	(l)  A junior college district may not annex under this 
section territory that is included within the boundaries of another 
junior college district.
	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.