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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a joint election for trustees of an independent school |
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district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 11.0581, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) An election for trustees of an independent school |
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district shall be held on the same date as: |
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(1) the election for the members of the governing body |
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of a municipality located in the school district; |
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(2) the general election for state and county |
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officers; [or] |
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(3) the election for the members of the governing body |
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of a hospital district, if the school district: |
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(A) is wholly or partly located in a county with a |
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population of less than 30,000 that is adjacent to a county with a |
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population of more than three million; and |
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(B) held its election for trustees jointly with |
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the election for the members of the governing body of the hospital |
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district before May 2007; or |
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(4) the election for the members of the governing |
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board of a public junior college district in which the school |
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district is wholly or partly located. |
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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, 2011. |