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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the date of the election for trustees of an independent |
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school district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.0581(a), Education Code, is amended |
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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 the date of the general primary election[;
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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
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a population of less than 40,000 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. Sections 11.059(a) and (e), Education Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A trustee of an independent school district serves a |
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term of [three or] four years. |
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(e) Not later than December 31, 2015 [2011], the board of |
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trustees may adopt a resolution changing the length of the terms of |
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its trustees. The resolution must provide for staggered terms of |
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[either three or] four years and specify the manner in which the |
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transition from the length of the former term to the modified term |
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is made. The transition must begin with the first regular election |
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for trustees that occurs after January 1, 2016 [2012], and a trustee |
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who serves on that date shall serve the remainder of that |
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term. This subsection expires January 1, 2021 [2017]. |
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SECTION 3. The heading to Section 41.0052, Election Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 41.0052. [CHANGING] GENERAL ELECTION DATE OF POLITICAL |
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SUBDIVISION OTHER THAN COUNTY. |
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SECTION 4. Sections 41.0052(a) and (e), Election Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The governing body of a political subdivision, other |
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than a county, that holds its general election for officers on a |
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date other than the November uniform election date or the date of |
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the general primary election shall [may], not later than December |
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31, 2016 [2012], change the date on which it holds its general |
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election for officers to the November uniform election date or the |
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date of the general primary election. |
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(e) The governing body of a newly incorporated city may, not |
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later than the second anniversary of the date of incorporation, |
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change the date on which it holds its general election for officers |
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to another authorized [uniform] election date. |
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SECTION 5. Section 11.059(b), Education Code, and Section |
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41.005, Election Code, are repealed. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |