H.B. No. 2956




AN ACT

relating to filing requirements for certain candidates for the 
board of trustees of a junior college district.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 130.044, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g)  The board of trustees of a district with a population 
greater than one million may require that an application filed 
under Subsection (d) be accompanied by a filing fee not to exceed 
$200 as determined by the board or, instead of the filing fee, a 
petition signed by a number of registered voters of the district not 
to exceed 200 as determined by the board.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 2956 was passed by the House on May 
13, 2005, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 2956 was passed by the Senate on May 
25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor