81R5681 PAM-D
By: Davis of Dallas H.B. No. 1387
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to hearing requirements for the adoption of certain rules
by a board of trustees of certain school districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.065, Education Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
follows:
(d) Notwithstanding Chapter 171, Acts of the 50th
Legislature, Regular Session, 1947 (Article 2783d, Vernon's Texas
Civil Statutes), to the extent consistent with this section, the
board of trustees of a school district described by Subsection (a)
may adopt rules necessary to govern the term, election, and
residency requirements of members of the board that may be adopted
under general law by any other school district. Before adopting a
rule under this subsection, the board must:
(1) hold a public hearing at which registered voters
of the district are given an opportunity to comment on the proposed
rule; and
(2) not later than the seventh day before the date of
the hearing, publish notice of the subject matter, location, date,
and time of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the
district.
(e) The board of trustees of a school district described by
Subsection (a) shall order and hold an election in the district to
approve any rule adopted by the district under Subsection (d). A
rule adopted by the district under Subsection (d) is not effective
until it is approved by a majority of the district residents voting
at an election held under this subsection. An election under this
subsection must be held on the first uniform election date that
occurs after the date the rule is adopted. For an election under
this subsection, the ballot shall be prepared to permit voting for
or against the proposition: "Approving a rule adopted by the board
of trustees of (name of school district) that governs the
requirement of members of the board concerning (insert description
of rule)."
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, 2009.