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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the board of trustees of the Weatherford Junior College |
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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 130.0828 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.0828. ADDITIONAL TRUSTEES FOR WEATHERFORD JUNIOR |
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COLLEGE DISTRICT. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, in addition |
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to the members of the board of trustees of the Weatherford Junior |
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College District elected or appointed under other provisions of |
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this subchapter, the commissioners court of each county in which a |
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branch campus of the district is located and that imposes a branch |
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campus maintenance tax under Section 130.253 shall appoint two |
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members to serve on the district's board of trustees. |
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(b) Members of the board of trustees appointed under this |
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section serve two-year terms and may be appointed to serve |
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successive terms. The commissioners court shall appoint initial |
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members to serve a term beginning December 1, 2017. |
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(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a member of the |
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board of trustees appointed under this section may participate in |
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the decision-making of the board to the same extent as any other |
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member of the board, including by voting on any budget that affects |
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the entire district. |
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(d) A member of the board of trustees appointed under this |
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section: |
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(1) may not participate in the decision-making of the |
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board in matters related to: |
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(A) the imposition of a tax; or |
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(B) an issue that only affects a campus located |
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in the junior college district; |
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(2) is not counted for purposes of determining whether |
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a quorum of the board is present for the purpose of Subdivision (1); |
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and |
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(3) may not serve as an officer of the board of |
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trustees. |
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(e) Unless this section is continued in effect by the |
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legislature, this section expires on December 1, 2027. |
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SECTION 2. The commissioners court of each county to which |
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Section 130.0828, Education Code, as added by this Act, applies |
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shall appoint the initial members of the board of trustees of the |
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Weatherford Junior College District under that section not later |
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than November 30, 2017. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |