Bill Text: TX HB2177 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the date of the election for trustees of an independent school district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-21 - Referred to Public Education [HB2177 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB2177-Introduced.html

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85R10975 JRJ-D
By: Meyer H.B. No. 2177

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the date of the election for trustees of an independent
school district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.0581(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) An election for trustees of an independent school
district shall be held on the same date as[:
[(1) the election for the members of the governing body
of a municipality located in the school district;
[(2)] the general election for state and county
officers[;
[(3) the election for the members of the governing body
of a hospital district, if the school district:
[(A) is wholly or partly located in a county with
a population of less than 40,000 that is adjacent to a county with a
population of more than three million; and
[(B) held its election for trustees jointly with
the election for the members of the governing body of the hospital
district before May 2007; or
[(4) the election for the members of the governing
board of a public junior college district in which the school
district is wholly or partly located].
SECTION 2. Sections 11.059(a) and (e), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) A trustee of an independent school district serves a
term of [three or] four years.
(e) Not later than December 31, 2017 [2011], 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 January 1, 2018 [2012], and a trustee
who serves on that date shall serve the remainder of that
term. This subsection expires January 1, 2023 [2017].
SECTION 3. Section 11.065(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Sections 11.052(g) and (h) and Section [Sections]
11.059(a) [and (b)] do not apply to the board of trustees of a
school district if:
(1) the district's central administrative office is
located in a county with a population of more than two million; and
(2) the district's student enrollment is more than
125,000 and less than 200,000.
SECTION 4. Section 11.059(b), Education Code, is repealed.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.