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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 consolidating under a local consolidation agreement. |
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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 13.160 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 13.160. RECEIPT OR CONSIDERATION OF PETITION |
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REQUESTING DETACHMENT AND ANNEXATION BY DISTRICT CONSOLIDATING |
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UNDER LOCAL CONSOLIDATION AGREEMENT. Pending the effective date of |
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consolidation and the assumption of office by the initial board of |
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trustees of a school district consolidated under a local |
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consolidation agreement under Section 13.158, the board of trustees |
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of a district consolidating with one or more other districts under |
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the agreement may not receive or consider a petition requesting |
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detachment and annexation under Subchapter B without the consent of |
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a majority of the board of trustees of each district consolidating |
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under the agreement. |
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SECTION 2. Section 13.160, Education Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies only in the case of a local consolidation agreement |
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entered into by school districts on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. |
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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, 2013. |