BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 961 |
By: Rodriguez, Justin |
Higher Education |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties note the cost involved in certain elections, such as run-off elections, for junior college district trustee for both the candidates and the college. C.S.H.B. 961 seeks to reduce those costs by authorizing the election of trustees by plurality vote.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 961 amends the Education Code to authorize the board of trustees of a certain junior college district, not later than the 180th day before the date of a certain trustee election, to provide by resolution that a candidate must receive a plurality of the votes cast for a position to be filled at the election. The bill makes such a resolution effective for subsequent elections until rescinded by a subsequent resolution adopted not later than the 180th day before the date of the first election to which the rescission applies.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2017.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 961 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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