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AN ACT
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relating to the board of trustees of the Blinn Junior College |
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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. Subchapter E, Chapter 130, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 130.0827 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.0827. ADDITIONAL TRUSTEES FOR BLINN JUNIOR COLLEGE |
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DISTRICT. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, in addition to the |
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members of the board of trustees of the Blinn Junior College |
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District elected or appointed under other provisions of this |
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subchapter, the commissioners court of each county in which a |
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branch campus of the district with a student enrollment greater |
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than 10,000 is located shall appoint two members to serve on the |
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district's board of trustees. If an advisory committee for a branch |
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campus has been previously established, the members must be |
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selected from the membership of the advisory committee. |
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(b) Members of the board of trustees appointed under this |
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section serve two-year terms and may be appointed to serve |
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successive terms. The commissioners court shall appoint initial |
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members to serve a term beginning December 1, 2015. |
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(c) Members of the board of trustees appointed under this |
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section may participate in the decision-making of the board to the |
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same extent as any other member of the board except that members of |
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the board appointed under this section by the commissioners court |
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of a county that is not located in the Blinn Junior College |
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District: |
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(1) may participate in the decision-making of the |
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board only in matters not related to the imposition of a tax or the |
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distribution of revenue raised from a tax; |
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(2) are counted for purposes of determining whether a |
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quorum of the board is present only for the purpose of Subdivision |
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(1); and |
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(3) may not serve as an officer of the board of |
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trustees. |
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(d) Unless this section is continued in effect by the |
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legislature, this section expires on December 1, 2019. |
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SECTION 2. The commissioners court of each county to which |
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Section 130.0827, Education Code, as added by this Act, applies |
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shall appoint the initial members of the board of trustees of the |
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Blinn Junior College District under that section not later than |
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December 31, 2015. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2621 was passed by the House on May 8, |
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2015, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 4, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2621 on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 134, Nays 6, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2621 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 24, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays |
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5. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |