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                                                                  S.B. No. 114




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.                           





______________________________    ______________________________
President of the Senate             Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 114 passed the Senate on 
April 18, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays 0.




______________________________ 
   Secretary of the Senate             
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 114 passed the House on 
May 20, 2005, by a non-record vote.




______________________________ 
   Chief Clerk of the House            



Approved:


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            Date



______________________________ 
          Governor