Bill Text: TX SB1677 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to authorization for a school district board of trustees to adopt or remove term limits.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-23 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1677 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1677-Introduced.html
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By: Huffines | S.B. No. 1677 |
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relating to authorization for a school district board of trustees | ||
to adopt or remove term limits. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 11, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 11.0591 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 11.0591. TERM LIMITS. The board of trustees of an | ||
independent school district by resolution may: | ||
(1) limit the number of terms that trustees may serve; | ||
or | ||
(2) remove a limit on the number of terms that trustees | ||
may serve. | ||
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, 2015. |