Bill Text: TX HB3794 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility of persons convicted of certain offenses to serve as a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to Public Education [HB3794 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3794-Introduced.html

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88R14407 MLH-F
By: Lopez of Cameron H.B. No. 3794

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of persons convicted of certain
offenses to serve as a member of the board of trustees of an
independent school district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.066, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 11.066. ELIGIBILITY FOR SERVICE BY TRUSTEE CONVICTED
OF CERTAIN OFFENSES. A person is ineligible to serve as a member of
the board of trustees of a school district if the person has been
convicted of a felony, [or] an offense under Section 43.021, Penal
Code, or an offense under Chapter 49, Penal Code.
SECTION 2. Section 11.066, Education Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to a member of a board of trustees of a school
district who is elected or appointed on or after the effective date
of this Act. A member of a board of trustees of a school district
elected or appointed before the effective date of this Act
continues to serve for the term to which the member was elected or
appointed unless otherwise removed as provided by law.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.