Bill Text: TX SB1167 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to abolishing certain county boards of education, boards of county school trustees, and offices of county school superintendent.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-09 - Referred to Education [SB1167 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1167-Introduced.html
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By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 1167 |
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relating to abolishing certain county boards of education, boards | ||
of county school trustees, and offices of county school | ||
superintendent. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) Each county board of education, board of | ||
county school trustees, and office of county school superintendent | ||
in a county with a population of 3.3 million or more is abolished | ||
effective September 1, 2017. | ||
(b) All assets, liabilities, and contracts of a board | ||
abolished by this Act are transferred to the commissioners court of | ||
the county in trust for the component school districts in the | ||
county. The commissioners court shall, not later than September 1, | ||
2018, distribute the assets remaining after discharge of the | ||
board's liabilities to the component school districts in the county | ||
in proportionate shares equal to the proportion that the membership | ||
in each district bears to total membership in the county as of May | ||
1, 2017. The commissioners court may liquidate board assets as | ||
necessary to discharge board liabilities and facilitate the | ||
distribution of assets. A person authorized by the board shall | ||
execute any documents necessary to complete the transfer of assets, | ||
liabilities, or contracts. | ||
(c) The component school districts of a board abolished by | ||
this Act shall collect and use any delinquent taxes imposed by the | ||
board in the manner provided by rule of the commissioner of | ||
education. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 52.092(e), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(e) County offices shall be listed in the following order: | ||
(1) county judge; | ||
(2) judge, county court at law; | ||
(3) judge, county criminal court; | ||
(4) judge, county probate court; | ||
(5) county attorney; | ||
(6) district clerk; | ||
(7) district and county clerk; | ||
(8) county clerk; | ||
(9) sheriff; | ||
(10) sheriff and tax assessor-collector; | ||
(11) county tax assessor-collector; | ||
(12) county treasurer; | ||
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SECTION 3. Chapter 595 (H.B. 689), Acts of the 59th | ||
Legislature, Regular Session, 1965 (Article 2676c, Vernon's Texas | ||
Civil Statutes), is repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |