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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the composition of the governing boards of certain |
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junior college districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 130, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 130.0824 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.0824. NINE-MEMBER GOVERNING BOARD FOR CERTAIN |
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COUNTYWIDE JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS. (a) Notwithstanding any other |
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provision of this subchapter, a countywide junior college district |
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that contains a municipality with a population of more than 1.8 |
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million residents shall be managed by a governing board composed of |
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nine members elected from single-member trustee districts. |
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(b) Sections 130.0821(b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) apply to a |
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junior college district described by Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. (a) Not later than the 90th day before the date |
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of the first regular election of members of the governing board of a |
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countywide junior college district subject to Section 130.0824, |
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Education Code, as added by this Act, that occurs after January 1, |
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2010, the governing board shall divide the district into the number |
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of single-member trustee districts prescribed by Section 130.0824. |
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(b) The governing board by resolution or order shall assign |
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one of the members of the governing board holding office on the date |
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the district is divided as provided by Subsection (a) of this |
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section to represent each of those trustee districts. A member of |
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the governing board who holds office on the date of the assignment |
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may represent the trustee district to which the member is assigned |
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for the remainder of the member's term without having residency in |
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that trustee district. As a member's term expires or a vacancy |
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occurs, a successor to a trustee, including a successor who is the |
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incumbent, must reside in the trustee district that the successor |
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seeks to represent. |
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(c) In the case of a junior college district that is |
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increasing the number of members of the district's governing board |
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from seven to nine members to comply with Section 130.0824, |
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Education Code, as added by this Act, after assignment of incumbent |
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trustees under Subsection (b) of this section, the board positions |
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representing the two trustee districts not represented by an |
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incumbent trustee are considered to be vacant. Each vacancy shall |
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be filled by appointment by resolution or order by the board. One |
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of the members appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed to |
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serve until the first regularly scheduled election at which two |
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members otherwise would have been elected, and the other shall be |
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appointed to serve until the second regularly scheduled election at |
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which two members otherwise would have been elected, so that three |
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members are elected for six-year terms at each election. |
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SECTION 3. 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. |