81R2709 SJM-D
By: Alonzo H.B. No. 2898
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the governing boards of certain
junior college districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 130, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 130.0824 to read as follows:
Sec. 130.0824. NINE-MEMBER GOVERNING BOARD FOR CERTAIN
COUNTYWIDE JUNIOR COLLEGE DISTRICTS. (a) Notwithstanding any other
provision of this subchapter, a countywide junior college district
that contains a municipality with a population of more than 1.8
million residents shall be managed by a governing board composed of
nine members elected from single-member trustee districts.
(b) Sections 130.0821(b), (c), (e), (f), and (g) apply to a
junior college district described by Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than the 90th day before the date
of the first regular election of members of the governing board of a
countywide junior college district subject to Section 130.0824,
Education Code, as added by this Act, that occurs after January 1,
2010, the governing board shall divide the district into the number
of single-member trustee districts prescribed by Section 130.0824.
(b) The governing board by resolution or order shall assign
one of the members of the governing board holding office on the date
the district is divided as provided by Subsection (a) of this
section to represent each of those trustee districts. A member of
the governing board who holds office on the date of the assignment
may represent the trustee district to which the member is assigned
for the remainder of the member's term without having residency in
that trustee district. As a member's term expires or a vacancy
occurs, a successor to a trustee, including a successor who is the
incumbent, must reside in the trustee district that the successor
seeks to represent.
(c) In the case of a junior college district that is
increasing the number of members of the district's governing board
from seven to nine members to comply with Section 130.0824,
Education Code, as added by this Act, after assignment of incumbent
trustees under Subsection (b) of this section, the board positions
representing the two trustee districts not represented by an
incumbent trustee are considered to be vacant. Each vacancy shall
be filled by appointment by resolution or order by the board. One
of the members appointed to fill a vacancy shall be appointed to
serve until the first regularly scheduled election at which two
members otherwise would have been elected, and the other shall be
appointed to serve until the second regularly scheduled election at
which two members otherwise would have been elected, so that three
members are elected for six-year terms at each election.
SECTION 3. 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.