| 1 | 1 | | 81R5191 KJM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Rodriguez H.B. No. 2691 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to elections affecting the boundaries of a public junior |
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| 8 | 8 | | college district. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 130.065(a), Education Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) On presentation to the governing board of a junior |
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| 13 | 13 | | college district of a petition proposing the annexation of |
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| 14 | 14 | | territory to the district, the governing board may call an election |
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| 15 | 15 | | on the question of annexing the territory. The petition must: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (1) contain an accurate description of the territory |
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| 17 | 17 | | proposed for annexation; and |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) be signed by a number of registered voters in the |
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| 19 | 19 | | territory proposed to be annexed equal to at least three [five] |
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| 20 | 20 | | percent of the registered voters in that territory as of the most |
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| 21 | 21 | | recent general election for state and county officers. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. Sections 130.068(a) and (b), Education Code, are |
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| 23 | 23 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (a) The governing board of a junior college district may |
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| 25 | 25 | | order an election on the question of establishing expanded |
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| 26 | 26 | | boundaries for the junior college district to encompass all of the |
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| 27 | 27 | | territory located within the district's service area established by |
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| 28 | 28 | | Subchapter J, other than territory located in the service area of |
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| 29 | 29 | | another junior college district, if more than 25 [35] percent of the |
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| 30 | 30 | | total number of students who enrolled in the junior college |
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| 31 | 31 | | district in the most recent academic year resided outside of the |
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| 32 | 32 | | existing junior college district. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) The governing board of a junior college district may |
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| 34 | 34 | | order an election on the question of establishing expanded |
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| 35 | 35 | | boundaries for the junior college district to encompass part of the |
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| 36 | 36 | | territory located within the district's service area established by |
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| 37 | 37 | | Subchapter J, other than territory located in the service area of |
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| 38 | 38 | | another junior college district, if more than 10 [15] percent of the |
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| 39 | 39 | | high school graduates for each of the preceding five academic years |
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| 40 | 40 | | in the territory proposed to be added to the district have enrolled |
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| 41 | 41 | | in the junior college district. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 3. Section 130.065(a), Education Code, as amended |
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| 43 | 43 | | by this Act, applies only to a petition proposing annexation of |
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| 44 | 44 | | territory to a junior college district presented on or after the |
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| 45 | 45 | | effective date of this Act. A petition proposing annexation of |
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| 46 | 46 | | territory to a junior college district presented before the |
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| 47 | 47 | | effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect on the |
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| 48 | 48 | | date the petition was presented, and that law is continued in effect |
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| 49 | 49 | | for that purpose. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 51 | 51 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 52 | 52 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 53 | 53 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 54 | 54 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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