By: Hochberg H.B. No. 3019
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring a majority vote in certain elections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.057, Education Code is amended by
amending subsection (a) and repealing subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) In [Except as provided by Subsection (c), in] an
independent school district in which the positions of trustees are
designated by number as provided by Section 11.058 or in which the
trustees are elected from single-member trustee districts as
provided by Section 11.052, candidates must receive a majority of
the votes cast for a position or in a trustee district, as
applicable, to be elected [the candidate receiving the highest
number of votes for each respective position voted on is elected].
SECTION 2. Section 11.057(c), Education Code is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect October 1, 2005.