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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an independent school district holding elections on the |
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November uniform election date. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.0581(a), Education Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) An election for trustees of an independent school |
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district shall be held on the November uniform election date [the
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same date as:
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[(1)
the election for the members of the governing
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body 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
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body of a hospital district, if the school district:
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[(A)
is wholly or partly located in a county with
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a 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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SECTION 2. Section 41.012, Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 41.012. DATE OF ELECTIONS. An election under this |
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chapter for voter approval of an agreement entered by the board of |
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trustees shall be held on the November uniform election date [a
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Tuesday or Saturday not more than 45 days after the date of the
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agreement. Section 41.001, Election Code, does not apply to the
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election]. |
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SECTION 3. Section 41.253(b), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The transitional board of trustees shall divide the |
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consolidated district into nine single-member trustee districts in |
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accordance with the procedures provided by Section 11.052. The |
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transitional board shall order an election for the initial board of |
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trustees to be held on the first November [May] uniform election |
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date after the effective date of a consolidation order. |
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SECTION 4. Subchapter A, Chapter 41, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 41.0051 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 41.0051. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ELECTION TO ISSUE |
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BONDS. Notwithstanding any other law, an election for the issuance |
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of bonds by an independent school district shall be held on the |
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November uniform election date. |
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SECTION 5. Section 41.0052, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows: |
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(a-3) The governing body of an independent school district |
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that holds its general election for officers on a date other than |
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the November uniform election date shall, not later than December |
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31, 2019, change the date on which it holds its general election for |
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officers to the November uniform election date. This subsection |
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expires January 1, 2020. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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