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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the administration of an election for a member of a |
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board of trustees of an 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 11.0581(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 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 50,000 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. Sections 11.059(a), (b), (c), and (d), Education |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A trustee of an independent school district serves a |
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term of [three or] four years. |
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(b) [Elections for trustees with three-year terms shall be |
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held annually. The terms of one-third of the trustees, or as near |
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to one-third as possible, expire each year. |
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[(c)] Elections for trustees [with four-year terms] shall |
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be held biennially. The terms of one-half of the trustees, or as |
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near to one-half as possible, expire every two years. |
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(c) [(d)] A board policy must state the schedule on which |
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specific terms expire. |
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SECTION 3. Section 11.065(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Sections 11.052(g) and (h) [and Sections 11.059(a) and |
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(b)] do not apply to the board of trustees of a school district if: |
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(1) the district's central administrative office is |
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located in a county with a population of more than 2.5 million; and |
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(2) the district's student enrollment is more than |
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125,000 and less than 200,000. |
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SECTION 4. Section 41.0052(a-1), Election Code, as added by |
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Chapter 985 (S.B. 2620), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2023, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a municipality [, |
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independent school district,] or hospital district wholly or partly |
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located in a county with a population of more than 19,900 and less |
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than 20,000 that holds its general election for officers on a date |
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other than the November uniform election date may change the date on |
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which it holds its general election for officers to the November |
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uniform election date. |
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SECTION 5. Section 41.0052, Election Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows: |
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(a-2) 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 date of the general election for state and county officers |
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shall, not later than December 31, 2025, change the date on which |
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the governing body holds its general election for officers to that |
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date. This subsection expires January 1, 2029. |
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SECTION 6. The following provisions are repealed: |
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(1) Sections 11.059(e), (f), and (g), Education Code; |
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and |
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(2) Section 41.0052(a-1), Election Code, as added by |
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Chapter 1160 (S.B. 1131), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2023. |
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SECTION 7. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, |
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relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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codes. |
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SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |