Bill Text: TX HB1067 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the detachment and annexation of school district territory by petition.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-02 - Referred to Education [HB1067 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1067-Engrossed.html
88R3167 ANG-F | ||
By: VanDeaver | H.B. No. 1067 |
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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 [ |
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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 [ |
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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 [ |
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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. |