82R10723 PAM-D
By: Carter H.B. No. 3312
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an election to authorize an increase in a school
district superintendent's salary.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 21, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 21.416 to read as follows:
Sec. 21.416. VOTER APPROVAL REQUIRED FOR SUPERINTENDENT
SALARY INCREASE. (a) The board of trustees of a school district
may not increase the salary of the district superintendent unless a
majority of the voters in the district voting in an election approve
the increase.
(b) The board of trustees of a school district that proposes
a salary increase for the district superintendent shall order that
an appropriate proposition be placed on the ballot at the first
regular election of trustees held after the date the board proposes
the increase. The proposition must specify the amount of the
proposed salary and the proposed percentage increase.
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, 2011.