79R677 PAM-D

By:  Van Arsdale                                                  H.B. No. 3261



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requiring approval of certain contracts entered into 
between superintendents and independent school districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 11.201(b), Education Code, is amended to 
read as follows:
	(b)  The board of trustees of an independent school district 
may employ by contract a superintendent for a term not to exceed 
five years.  A contract to employ a superintendent that provides for 
an annual salary increase of 20 percent or more must be approved by 
the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
	SECTION 2.  Section 11.201(b), Education Code, as amended by 
this Act, applies only to a contract entered into between the board 
of trustees of an independent school district and a superintendent 
on or after the effective date of this Act.  A contract entered into 
between the board of trustees of an independent school district and 
a superintendent before the effective date of this Act is governed 
by the law in effect at the time the contract was entered into, and 
that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  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.