79R5500 BDH-D

By:  Lucio                                                        S.B. No. 800



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to elections and terms of office for trustees of an 
independent school district.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Sections 11.059(a) and (c), Education Code, are 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A trustee of an independent school district serves a 
term of [three or] four years.
	(c)  Elections for trustees [with four-year terms] shall be 
held every four years [biennially.  The terms of one-half of the 
trustees, or as near to one-half as possible, expire every two 
years].
	SECTION 2.  Sections 11.059(b) and (d), Education Code, are 
repealed.        
	SECTION 3.  (a)  Section 11.059, Education Code, as amended 
by this Act, applies to a school district trustee election 
scheduled to be held on or after November 8, 2005.
	(b)  A school district board of trustees shall hold an 
election under Section 11.059, Education Code, as amended by this 
Act, on May 6, 2006, or November 7, 2006, as determined by the 
board.
	(c)  To implement the changes made by this Act, a person may 
serve a term as school district trustee that is shorter or longer 
than the term for which the person was elected.
	SECTION 4.  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.