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AN ACT
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relating to the election of junior college district trustees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 130.082, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (d-1) and (g-1) to read as follows: |
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(d-1) Except as provided by Subsection (d) or Section |
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130.0827, each position on the board of trustees shall be filled by |
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election in accordance with this section. |
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(g-1) The board by resolution may provide, not later than |
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the 180th day before the date of an election, that a candidate must |
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receive a plurality of the votes cast for a position to be filled at |
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the election under Subsection (g). A resolution adopted under this |
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subsection is effective for subsequent elections until rescinded by |
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a subsequent resolution adopted not later than the 180th day before |
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the date of the first election to which the rescission applies. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 961 was passed by the House on May 8, |
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2017, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 17, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 961 on May 21, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 107, Nays 26, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 961 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |