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AN ACT
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relating to the Paris Junior College 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 130.0829 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.0829. GOVERNING BOARD OF PARIS JUNIOR COLLEGE |
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DISTRICT. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this |
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subchapter, the governing board of the Paris Junior College |
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District may provide by resolution or order of the board for the |
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election of nine board members as follows: |
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(1) eight members elected from respective |
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commissioner precincts and evenly allocated among those precincts; |
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and |
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(2) one member elected at large. |
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(b) A resolution or order of the governing board under |
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Subsection (a) must establish transition terms of office to conform |
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to elections held in even-numbered years and staggered six-year |
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terms. |
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(c) Notwithstanding Section 41.0052, Election Code, the |
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governing board of the Paris Junior College District by resolution |
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or order of the board may change the date on which the district |
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holds its general election for board members to the November |
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uniform election date. The governing board shall adjust the terms |
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of office to conform to a change made to the election date under |
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this subsection. |
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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. 4276 was passed by the House on May 9, |
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2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4276 was passed by the Senate on May |
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24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |