By:  Hamric (Senate Sponsor - Lindsay)                            H.B. No. 2956
	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 16, 2005; 
May 17, 2005, read first time and referred to Committee on 
Education; May 20, 2005, reported favorably by the following vote:  
Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 20, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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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