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.