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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to minimum voter turnout requirements for adoption or |
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amendment of a home-rule school district charter. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 12.022, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 12.022. MINIMUM VOTER TURNOUT REQUIRED FOR CHARTER |
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AMENDMENT. (a) [An election on the adoption of a proposed
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home-rule school district charter has no effect unless at least 25
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percent of the registered voters of the district vote in the
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election in which the adoption of the charter is on the ballot.
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[(b)] An election on the adoption of a proposed amendment to |
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a home-rule school district charter has no effect unless at least |
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five [20] percent of the registered voters of the district vote in |
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the election in which the adoption of the amendment is on the |
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ballot. |
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(b) [(c)] If the required number of voters prescribed by |
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Subsection (a) [or (b)] do not vote in the election, the board of |
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trustees shall order an election on the issue to be held on the |
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first uniform election date: |
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(1) that occurs at least 45 days after the date the |
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election is ordered; and |
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(2) on which one or more elections are to be held, the |
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combination of which covers all of the territory of the school |
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district. |
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(c) [(d)] If the required number of voters prescribed by |
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Subsection (a) [or (b)] do not vote at an election ordered as |
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required by Subsection (b) [(c)], the board of trustees may |
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continue to order elections on the issue in accordance with |
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Subsection (b) [(c)] until the required minimum voter turnout is |
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achieved. |
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SECTION 2. 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. |