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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the term of office for certain trustees of an |
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independent school district. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.059, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (e), a [A] trustee of |
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an independent school district serves a term of three or four years. |
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(e) If a trustee votes in favor of making a severance |
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payment, as defined by Section 11.201(c), to the superintendent of |
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the school district less than one year after the trustee voted in |
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favor of accepting or extending the superintendent's contract or |
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increasing the superintendent's salary, the trustee must, to retain |
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a position on the board, seek reelection at the next regularly |
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scheduled trustee election, regardless of the time remaining on the |
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trustee's term. The person elected at the election held under this |
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subsection shall serve for the remainder of the trustee's term. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |