Bill Text: TX HB1639 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of an independent school district to change the date of the general election and terms for officers.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Referred to State Affairs [HB1639 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1639-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of an independent school district to change the date of the general election and terms for officers.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Referred to State Affairs [HB1639 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1639-Introduced.html
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| By: Martinez | H.B. No. 1639 | |
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| relating to the authority of an independent school district to | ||
| change the date of the general election and terms for officers. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 11.059, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) Not later than December 31, 2024, the board of trustees | ||
| may adopt a resolution changing the length of the terms of its | ||
| trustees. The resolution must provide for staggered terms of either | ||
| three or four years and specify the manner in which the transition | ||
| from the length of the former term to the modified term is made. The | ||
| transition must begin with the first regular election for trustees | ||
| that occurs after the board adopts the resolution, and a trustee who | ||
| serves on the date the resolution is adopted shall serve the | ||
| remainder of that term. This subsection expires January 1, 2030. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 41.0052, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a-3) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-3) The governing body of an independent school district | ||
| that holds its general election for officers on a date other than | ||
| the November uniform election date may, not later than December 31, | ||
| 2024, change the date on which it holds its general election for | ||
| officers to the November uniform election date. This subsection | ||
| expires January 1, 2025. | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2019. | ||
