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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the date on which an election for trustees of certain |
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school districts must be held. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.0581, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (a-1), an [An] election |
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for trustees of an independent school district shall be held on the |
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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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(a-1) An election for the board of trustees of an |
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independent school district with the largest student enrollment in |
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a county with a population of 550,000 or more that is adjacent to a |
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county with a population of 3.3 million or more shall be held on the |
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November uniform election date as a joint election under Chapter |
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271, Election Code, with any other election occurring on that date |
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in all or part of the same county. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |