2005S0460-1  03/07/05


By:  Lindsay                                                      S.B. No. 1208


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to filing requirements for candidates to positions on 
governing boards of certain public junior colleges.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 130.044, Education Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g)  The governing board of a public junior college district 
elected by a numbered position system with a district population of 
more than one million residents may require an application filing 
fee under this chapter not to exceed $200 or may require a petition 
signed by a required number of registered voters of the district, 
not to exceed 200 signatures.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.