By:  Van de Putte                                                 S.B. No. 114


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the removal of a member of a junior college district 
board of trustees for failure to attend board meetings.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter E, Chapter 130, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 130.0845 to read as follows:
	Sec. 130.0845.  REMOVAL OF TRUSTEE FOR NONATTENDANCE OF 
BOARD MEETINGS.  (a)  It is a ground for removal of a member of the 
board of trustees of a junior college district that the member is 
absent from more than half of the regularly scheduled board 
meetings that the member is eligible to attend during a calendar 
year, not counting an absence for which the member is excused by a 
majority vote of the board.
	(b)  The validity of an action of the board of trustees is not 
affected by the fact that the action is taken when a ground for 
removal of a member of the board exists.
	(c)  A member of a board of trustees may be removed for a 
ground provided by this section, using the procedures provided by 
Subchapter B, Chapter 87, Local Government Code, for removing a 
county official.
	SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to an 
individual who is elected or appointed to the board of trustees of a 
junior college district before, on, or after the effective date of 
this Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.