88R3167 ANG-F
 
  By: VanDeaver H.B. No. 1067
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the detachment and annexation of school district
  territory by petition.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 13.051, Education Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a), (g), and (h) and adding Subsection (h-1)
  to read as follows:
         (a)  In accordance with this section, territory may be
  detached from a school district and annexed to another school
  district that is contiguous to the detached territory.  A petition
  requesting the detachment and annexation must be presented to the
  board of trustees of the district from which the territory is to be
  detached and to the board of trustees of the district to which the
  territory is to be annexed.  Not later than the 30th day after the
  date the petition is received, each [Each] board of trustees to
  which a petition is required to be presented must conduct a hearing
  and adopt a resolution as provided by this section for the
  annexation to be effective.
         (g)  Not later than the 10th day after the date [Immediately
  following receipt of] the petition is received [as required by this
  section], each affected board of trustees shall give notice of the
  contemplated change by publishing and posting a notice in the
  manner required for an election order under Section 13.003.  The
  notice must specify the place and date at which a hearing on the
  matter shall be held.  Unless the districts hold a joint hearing,
  the districts must hold hearings on separate dates.  At each
  hearing, affected persons are entitled to an opportunity to be
  heard.
         (h)  At the hearing, each board of trustees shall consider
  the educational interests of the current students residing or
  future students expected to reside in the affected territory and in
  the affected districts and the social, economic, and educational
  effects of the proposed boundary change.  Not later than the 15th
  day after the date [After the conclusion of] the hearing concludes,
  each board of trustees shall make findings as to the educational
  interests of the current students residing or future students
  expected to reside in the affected territory and in the affected
  districts and as to the social, economic, and educational effects
  of the proposed boundary change and shall, on the basis of those
  findings, adopt a resolution approving or disapproving the
  petition.  The findings and resolution shall be recorded in the
  minutes of each affected board of trustees and shall be reported to
  the commissioners court of the county to which the receiving
  district is assigned for administrative purposes by the agency and
  to the commissioners court of the county to which the district from
  which territory is to be detached is assigned for administrative
  purposes.
         (h-1)  If the board of trustees of an affected district fails
  to adopt a resolution approving or disapproving the petition
  requesting the detachment and annexation on or before the 45th day
  following the date the petition is received, the petition is
  considered to be disapproved by that board of trustees.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.