81R5409 PAM-D
By: Williams S.B. No. 906
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to dates on which certain independent school districts may
hold an election of trustees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 11.0581(a), Education Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) An election for trustees of an independent school
district shall be held on the same date as:
(1) the election for the members of the governing body
of a municipality located in the school district; or
(2) the general election for state and county
officers[; or
[(3) the election for the members of the governing
body of a hospital district, if the school district:
[(A) is wholly or partly located in a county with
a population of less than 30,000 that is adjacent to a county with a
population of more than three million; and
[(B) held its election for trustees jointly with
the election for the members of the governing body of the hospital
district before May 2007].
SECTION 2. Not later than December 31, 2009, the board of
trustees of an independent school district that holds its general
election for trustees on the same date as the election for members
of the governing body of a hospital district under Section
11.0581(a)(3), Education Code, as that section existed before the
effective date of this Act, must:
(1) change the date on which the school district holds
its general election for trustees to allow the district to hold its
election on the same date as the election for members of the
governing body of a municipality located in the school district or
on the same date as the general election for state and county
officers as provided by Section 11.0581, Education Code, as amended
by this Act; and
(2) adjust the terms of office of school district
trustees as necessary to conform to the change of the election date
made under Subdivision (1) of this section.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.