By:  Lucio                                                        S.B. No. 800
	(In the Senate - Filed February 28, 2005; March 10, 2005, 
read first time and referred to Committee on Education; 
April 13, 2005, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 13, 2005, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 800                                    By:  Staples


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

                                                                              


relating to pilot project regarding elections and terms of office 
for trustees of certain independent school districts.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 11, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 11.0591 to read as follows:
	Sec. 11.0591.  TERMS OF CERTAIN TRUSTEES; PILOT PROJECT.  
(a)  This section applies only to a school district with a central 
administrative office located in Cameron, Hidalgo, Kenedy, 
Kleberg, or Willacy County.
	(b)  Notwithstanding Section 11.059, a trustee of an 
independent school district to which this section applies serves a 
term of four years.
	(c)  Elections for trustees under this section shall be held 
every four years.
	(d)  The agency shall prepare a report analyzing the benefits 
and problems associated with conducting trustee elections on a 
uniform date every four years.  Not later than January 1, 2015, the 
agency shall deliver a copy of the report to the lieutenant 
governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the 
committee in each house of the legislature with primary 
jurisdiction over public education.
	(e)  This section expires April 1, 2015.                                
	SECTION 2.  (a)  Section 11.0591, Education Code, as added 
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 11.0591, Education Code, as added 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 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.



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