Bill Text: TX HB300 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the State Board of Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Redistricting [HB300 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB300-Introduced.html
By: Hunter | H.B. No. 300 |
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relating to the composition of the districts for the election of | ||
members of the State Board of Education. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. PURPOSE. The purpose of this Act is to fulfill | ||
the Legislature's responsibility to establish districts for the | ||
election of members of the State Board of Education following the | ||
publication of the 2020 census in compliance with the United States | ||
and Texas Constitutions and applicable Federal and state law. | ||
SECTION 2. FINDINGS. The Legislature finds: | ||
(1) Section 7.101, Education Code, requires the | ||
election of members of the board from districts; | ||
(2) As a result of the estimated rate of growth in the | ||
population of the state since 2011, the populations of the current | ||
districts for the election of members of the board are unequal and | ||
no longer comply with applicable legal requirements; and | ||
(3) The current districts must be replaced following | ||
publication of the decennial census with new districts that satisfy | ||
all applicable legal requirements. | ||
SECTION 3. COMPOSITION OF DISTRICTS. (a) The State of | ||
Texas is composed of 15 board of education districts as provided in | ||
this Act. Each district is composed of the counties or parts of | ||
counties as determined by the Legislature consistent with the | ||
requirements of the United States and Texas Constitutions and | ||
applicable Federal law. | ||
(b) One member of the board is elected from each district | ||
established by this Act. | ||
(c) For purposes of Section 7.104, Education Code, this Act | ||
constitutes a decennial reapportionment. | ||
SECTION 4. TRANSITION PROVISION. The districts established | ||
by this Act apply to the election of the members of the State Board | ||
of Education beginning with the primary and general elections in | ||
2022. This Act does not affect the membership or districts of the | ||
board before January 1, 2023. | ||
SECTION 5. REPEALER. Chapter 72 (H.B. 600), Acts of the | ||
82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2021. |