79R1618 KEL-D

By:  Callegari                                                    H.B. No. 2085



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, 2005.