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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the date of the election for trustees of an independent |
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school district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 11.0581, Education Code, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.0581. JOINT ELECTION PROCEDURES [ELECTIONS
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REQUIRED]. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 11.0581(a), (b), and (d), Education |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies to an [An] election for trustees of |
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an independent school district [shall be] held on the same date as: |
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(1) the election for the members of the governing body |
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of a municipality located in the school district; |
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(2) the general election for state and county |
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officers; |
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(3) the election for the members of the governing body |
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of a hospital district, if the school district: |
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(A) is wholly or partly located in a county with a |
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population of less than 40,000 that is adjacent to a county with a |
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population of more than three million; and |
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(B) held its election for trustees jointly with |
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the election for the members of the governing body of the hospital |
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district before May 2007; or |
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(4) the election for the members of the governing |
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board of a public junior college district in which the school |
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district is wholly or partly located. |
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(b) Elections held on the same date as described [provided] |
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by Subsection (a) shall be held as a joint election under Chapter |
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271, Election Code. |
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(d) The board of trustees of an independent school district |
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changing an election date to hold a joint election under [to comply
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with] this section shall adjust the terms of office of its members |
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to conform to the new election date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |