81R5191 KJM-F
By: Rodriguez H.B. No. 2691
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to elections affecting the boundaries of a public junior
college district.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 130.065(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) On presentation to the governing board of a junior
college district of a petition proposing the annexation of
territory to the district, the governing board may call an election
on the question of annexing the territory. The petition must:
(1) contain an accurate description of the territory
proposed for annexation; and
(2) be signed by a number of registered voters in the
territory proposed to be annexed equal to at least three [five]
percent of the registered voters in that territory as of the most
recent general election for state and county officers.
SECTION 2. Sections 130.068(a) and (b), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) The governing board of a junior college district may
order an election on the question of establishing expanded
boundaries for the junior college district to encompass all of the
territory located within the district's service area established by
Subchapter J, other than territory located in the service area of
another junior college district, if more than 25 [35] percent of the
total number of students who enrolled in the junior college
district in the most recent academic year resided outside of the
existing junior college district.
(b) The governing board of a junior college district may
order an election on the question of establishing expanded
boundaries for the junior college district to encompass part of the
territory located within the district's service area established by
Subchapter J, other than territory located in the service area of
another junior college district, if more than 10 [15] percent of the
high school graduates for each of the preceding five academic years
in the territory proposed to be added to the district have enrolled
in the junior college district.
SECTION 3. Section 130.065(a), Education Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to a petition proposing annexation of
territory to a junior college district presented on or after the
effective date of this Act. A petition proposing annexation of
territory to a junior college district presented before the
effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect on the
date the petition was presented, and that law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 4. 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.