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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the receipt or consideration of a petition requesting |
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detachment and annexation by the board of trustees of a school |
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district after adoption of consolidation resolutions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 13, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 13.1521 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 13.1521. RECEIPT OR CONSIDERATION OF PETITION |
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REQUESTING DETACHMENT AND ANNEXATION AFTER ADOPTION OF |
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CONSOLIDATION RESOLUTIONS. If a resolution in favor of |
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consolidation has been adopted by the board of trustees of each |
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school district proposed to be consolidated into a particular |
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single district, none of those boards of trustees may receive or |
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consider a petition requesting detachment and annexation under |
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Subchapter B without the consent of each of the other of those |
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boards of trustees: |
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(1) before consolidation; or |
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(2) before consolidation is disapproved at an election |
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under Section 13.153. |
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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, 2013. |