Bill Text: TX HB600 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the State Board of Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2011-05-19 - Effective in 90 days -- 8/29/11 [HB600 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB600-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the districts for the election of members of the State Board of Education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2011-05-19 - Effective in 90 days -- 8/29/11 [HB600 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB600-Introduced.html
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By: Solomons | H.B. No. 600 |
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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. (a) The districts from which the members of the | ||
State Board of Education are elected are the districts as provided | ||
by law and used for the election of the members of the State Board of | ||
Education at the 2008 and 2010 general elections except as those | ||
districts are changed by Section 2 of this Act. | ||
(b) One member 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 2. (a) Gonzales County is transferred from | ||
District 10 to District 3. | ||
(b) Upshur County is transferred from District 9 to District | ||
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(c) Mills County is transferred from District 14 to District | ||
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SECTION 3. (a) Section 7.101(a), Education Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The State Board of Education is composed of 15 members | ||
elected from districts. [ |
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(b) This Act supersedes all previous enactments or orders | ||
adopting districts for the State Board of Education. All previous | ||
acts of the legislature adopting districts for the State Board of | ||
Education are repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. 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 2012 for | ||
members of the board in 2013. This Act does not affect the | ||
membership or districts of the board before January 1, 2013. | ||
SECTION 5. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
legislative session. |