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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the governance independent school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.059, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.059. TERMS. (a) A trustee of an independent school |
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district serves a term of three or four years. |
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(b) Elections for trustees with three-year terms shall be |
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held annually. The terms of one-third of the trustees, or as near to |
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one-third as possible, expire each year. |
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(c) Elections for trustees with four-year terms shall be |
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held biennially. The terms of one-half of the trustees, or as near |
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to one-half as possible, expire every two years. |
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(d) A board policy must state the schedule on which specific |
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terms expire. |
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(e) [Not later than December 31, 2011, t]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 at least 180 days after [January 1, 2012] |
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adopting the resolution, and a trustee who serves on that date shall |
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serve the remainder of that term. [This subsection expires January
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1, 2017.] |
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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, 2015. |