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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
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Governor