Bill Text: TX HB2285 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain independent school districts to change the terms for members of the districts' board of trustees.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-12 - Effective immediately [HB2285 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2285-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2285 |
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relating to the authority of certain independent school districts | ||
to change the terms for members of the districts' board of trustees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 11.059, Education Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to read as follows: | ||
(e) Not later than December 31, 2023, 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. | ||
(f) A resolution under Subsection (e) may only be adopted by | ||
a board of trustees of an independent school district: | ||
(1) with a central administrative office located in a | ||
county with a population of more than 1 million but less than 1.25 | ||
million; and | ||
(2) in which a municipality with a population of 4,500 | ||
or less is located. | ||
(g) Subsections (e) and (f) and this subsection expire | ||
January 1, 2029. | ||
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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2285 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 8, 3 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2285 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |