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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the election of trustees of certain school districts. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11.052(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or Section 11.0521, |
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the board of trustees of an independent school district, on its own |
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motion, may order that trustees of the district are to be elected |
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from single-member trustee districts or that not fewer than 70 |
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percent of the members of the board of trustees are to be elected |
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from single-member trustee districts with the remaining trustees to |
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be elected from the district at large. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 11, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 11.0521 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 11.0521. MULTIMEMBER TRUSTEE DISTRICTS FOR CERTAIN |
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SCHOOL DISTRICTS. (a) This section applies only to an independent |
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school district with the largest student enrollment in a county |
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with a population of 550,000 or more that is adjacent to a county |
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with a population of 3.3 million or more. |
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(b) The board of trustees of an independent school district |
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to which this section applies shall: |
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(1) order that trustees of the district are to be |
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elected as follows: |
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(A) one trustee elected from the district at |
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large; and |
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(B) six trustees elected by position from two |
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multimember voting districts composed of three trustee positions |
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each; |
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(2) divide the school district as nearly as |
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practicable into two multimember voting districts of equal |
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population, with one voting district representing the west half of |
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the school district and the other voting district representing the |
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east half of the school district; and |
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(3) designate by number each position on the board of |
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trustees. |
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(c) Residents of each multimember voting district are |
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entitled to cast votes for each trustee position within the |
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multimember voting district. |
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SECTION 3. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the board of trustees of a school district to which |
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Section 11.0521, Education Code, as added by this Act, applies |
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shall adopt an order as required by that section. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |