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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to elections affecting the boundaries of a public junior |
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college district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 130.065(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) On presentation to the governing board of a junior |
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college district of a petition proposing the annexation of |
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territory to the district, the governing board may call an election |
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on the question of annexing the territory. The petition must: |
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(1) contain an accurate description of the territory |
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proposed for annexation; and |
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(2) be signed by a number of registered voters in the |
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territory proposed to be annexed equal to at least three [five] |
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percent of the registered voters in that territory as of the most |
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recent general election for state and county officers. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 130.068(a) and (b), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The governing board of a junior college district may |
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order an election on the question of establishing expanded |
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boundaries for the junior college district to encompass all of the |
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territory located within the district's service area established by |
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Subchapter J, other than territory located in the service area of |
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another junior college district, if more than 25 [35] percent of the |
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total number of students who enrolled in the junior college |
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district in the most recent academic year resided outside of the |
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existing junior college district. |
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(b) The governing board of a junior college district may |
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order an election on the question of establishing expanded |
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boundaries for the junior college district to encompass part of the |
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territory located within the district's service area established by |
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Subchapter J, other than territory located in the service area of |
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another junior college district, if more than 10 [15] percent of the |
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high school graduates for each of the preceding five academic years |
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in the territory proposed to be added to the district have enrolled |
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in the junior college district. |
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SECTION 3. Section 130.065(a), Education Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies only to a petition proposing annexation of |
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territory to a junior college district presented on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A petition proposing annexation of |
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territory to a junior college district presented before the |
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effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect on the |
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date the petition was presented, and that law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |